*( Read the paragraph below and tick the correct answer about the text for the questions 21 - 25) :

BEFORE THE DAYS OF PRINTING

Long before the days of printing, minstrels wandered from castle to castle singing before kings and their retainers. Their songs were usually about the character and brave deeds of a real hero. Often these minstrels, these "gleemen," used their imagination and added mythical deeds. No one at that time attempted to write down these tales, for few knew how to write. The stories were originally handed down by word of mouth, very much in the same way as were the legends of the American Indians. But about A.D. 700 the stories relating to the brave deeds of a hero, Beowulf, were collected by some Anglo-Saxon poet of the time. This poem has since been translated into modern English and today we can enjoy reading the first epic poem in English literature. Beowulf fought two dreadful fights to save a king and one to save his own people.