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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe new SCHOLARS ate dinner.
What is another word for SCHOLAR?studentsengineersassistantsathletes - 2. Multiple ChoiceThis vase is ANCIENT.
What is another word for ANCIENT?damagedcrystalantiquebrittle - 3. Multiple ChoiceShe is the SEEKER of the truth.
What is another word for SEEKER?person who teachesperson who searchesperson who writesperson who studies - 4. Multiple ChoiceHave you seen the TEMPLE?
What is another word for TEMPLE?court built for legal casestheater created for concertsbuilding constructed for a Goddome made for sporting events - 5. Multiple ChoiceWe found a LINK!
What is another word for LINK?thing that connectsthing that operatesthing that drainsthing that protects - 6. Multiple ChoiceLena experienced a moment of TRIUMPH.
What is another word for TRIUMPH?lonelinesshorrorpeacesuccess - 7. Multiple ChoiceRonnie will UNCOVER the facts.
What is another word for UNCOVER?ignoreshowburystudy - 8. Multiple ChoiceThe pictures in this selection show that most of the symbols used for the hieroglyphs...looked like letters of the alphabet we use todaywere animals that were familiar to the Egyptianswere never used in combination of other symbolslooked like a series of triangles, rectangles, and circles
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the author point out that scholars turn Jean-Francois away?to show that they judged Jean-Francois by his age rather than his abilityto explain why Jean-Francois' friends refused to work with themto show that Jean-Francois was not ready to learn about hieroglyphsto explain why Jean-Francois gave up trying to decipher the symbols
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was a main idea from the selection?No one was ever able to read the black stone from Rosetta, EgyptJean-Francois met a scientist who had been to Egypt with NapoleonGeneral Napoleon was the French leader when Jean-Francois was a boyJean-Francois was determined to read the Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow were Jean-Francois and Napoleon alike?They spent their childhood in EgyptThey achieved their most important goalsThey dreamed of doing something greatThey wanted to conquer the world
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one of the Egyptian symbols used to show the world "trouble"?a jackala leoparda crocodilea giraffe
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAfter the Battle of Waterloo, why did some people call Jean-Francois a traitor?He ran from the scene of the battleHe gave France's secrets to its enemiesHe had become friends with NapoleonHe wanted Ptolemy to be the next king
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen did Jean-Francois first translate Egypt's hieroglyphs?after visiting Egypt for the first timewhile attending school in Grenoblebefore Napoleon was defeatedafter a friend left a package for him
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the "key" that Jean-Francois discovered that helped him understand the hieroglyphs?The Egyptian symbols stood for syllables and whole words.Animal pictures were used in the names of Egyptian gods.The Rosetta Stone had both Greek and Egyptian writing.The Egyptian god of writing and a pharaoh shared a symbol.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich detail best supports the main idea that Jean-Francois worked very hard to reach his goal?He studied the Rosetta Stone and other inscriptions.There were many symbols that he did not understand.He got sick from not eating and sleeping while he was working.He left his notebooks behind and lived in the woods like a hunted dog.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best states the main idea of the selection?Jean-Francois Champollion discovered how to read hieroglyphs.Egyptian hieroglyphs were used in the black stone found in Rosetta.Jean-Francois Champollion became an important French general.The French leader Napoleon was interested in Egypt's secrets.
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