Which factor significantly increased the volume of printed material in China by the sixteenth century?

The invention of papyrus

Increase in examination candidates

Western influence on printing

Demand for fiction stories

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B. Increase in examination candidates

The rise in candidates for the civil service examinations led to a significant increase in printed materials, especially textbooks.

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