Lesson 11: Dead Sea Scrolls

Lesson 11: Dead Sea Scrolls

Multiple Choice

How does paragraph 1 prepare readers for the rest of the account?

• It describes how the scrolls were discovered.

• It introduces the scrolls and suggests their importance.

• It explains that the scrolls are really documents.

• It describes what scholars learned from the scrolls.

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from paragraph 2.

Over the next decade, ten other caves containing manuscripts were found in the Judean Desert. Archaeologists also excavated the ruins of Qumran, not far from the caves.

How does this information fit into the overall structure of the account?

• It continues the chronology of events from Paragraph 1.

• It answers the question of the manuscripts' origins.

• It compares the desert caves to the ruins of Qumran.

• It shows what caused archaeologists to excavate the ruins.

Multiple Choice

How do paragraphs 3 and 4 support a key idea of the account?

• They explain why the scrolls are so important.

• They show just how old the scrolls really are.

• They demonstrate how the scrolls are used by scholars

• They prove that the scrolls are as important as the Bible.

Open Ended

Explain why the author includes paragraph 5 in the account. Use at least three details from the text to show how this paragraph fits into the overall structure of the account.