Hatshepsut & Informational Text Elements

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Why was the death rate so high in Hatshepsut's family?

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Doctors' help in treating ill patients was largely ineffective and based on superstition.

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What can we deduce about Hatshepsut from the lines: "When she wrote about herself as a pharaoh, sometimes she referred to herself as he, other times as she. This would be very confusing for historians trying to uncover her identity thousands of years later."

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Hatshepsut did not pretend to be an exclusively male person.

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What does the following passage MAINLY say about Hatshepsut? "Since Hatshepsut could not marry a queen, her daughter Neferure acted as God's wife in public rituals. It was good training for Neferure, who in time would be expected to marry her half brother. Tuthmosis III and be his royal consort. But Hatshepsut never seems to have considered that her daughter could succeed her as pharaoh." Options: It demonstrates that marrying siblings was common for people of all classes in ancient Egypt., It shows that Hatshepsut did not believe her daughter would be a good ruler, It reveals that Hatshepsut believed no one would succeed her., It implies that Hatshepsut's rule as a woman was not part of her greater plan for equality in ancient Egyptian government.

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It implies that Hatshepsut's rule as a woman was not part of her greater plan for equality in ancient Egyptian government.

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Who was "expected to marry her half brother, Tuthmosis III"? Options:

Neferure

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Hatshepsut

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Tuthmosis II

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Women who had previously ruled Egypt

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Neferure

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Who was "concerned with preserving and continuing traditional order as much as possible"? Options: Neferure, Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis II, Women who had previously ruled Egypt

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Hatshepsut

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Who was "a sickly young man"?

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Tuthmosis II

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Which of the following is NOT an element of informational text?

details

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events

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cartoons

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real people

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cartoons

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What is the first step a reader should take in order to analyze informational text elements? Options: Determine the main characters, Identify the purpose of the text, Determine if the story has a happy ending, Research the author

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Identify the purpose of the text

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What does an author leave out of an eyewitness account? Options: Details, Personal opinions, Witness statements, facts

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Personal opinions

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Who was Hatshepsut?

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daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis