Riddle

Based on details in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, Napoleon’s scholars and scientists receive the nickname "the donkeys" because they

• capture the city of Alexandria and overrun the Nile Delta while riding on donkeys.

• use donkeys as their transportation while making expeditions into the countryside.

• collect a variety of plants and animals to study—and their favorite is donkeys.

• keep donkeys as pets in the elegant palace that serves as their headquarters.

According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what happens as a result of the British destroying the French fleet anchored near Alexandria?

• Napoleon, his army, and the scholars become trapped in the land they have just conquered.

• Napoleon, his army, and the scholars are frightened and spend a lot of time devising a plan to escape.

• Napoleon escapes the British naval blockade and returns to France where it is safer.

• Napoleon and his men take over a palace to serve as the headquarters for the scientists and scholars.

Based on the facts presented in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, the rock slab is called the "Rosetta Stone” because it is named

• in honor of a famous Egyptian pharaoh.

• in honor of the mother of Napoleon.

• after the French army officer who uncovered it.

• after the town near where it was discovered.

Based on details from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is an effect of the hieroglyphs and the Greek alphabet appearing together on the slab?

• It suggests others discovered the Rosetta Stone before the French and wrote on it.

• It explains why the British are so determined to stop the French invasion of Egypt.

• It provides an opportunity to decipher the unknown hieroglyphs by matching them to the known Greek language.

• It proves the theory that the Egyptians had invaded and conquered Greece centuries before.

According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what causes the French scholars to become “tremendously excited” when they first glimpse the writing on the Rosetta Stone slab?

• It is the first time the French scholars have received or studied anything as old as the Rosetta Stone.

• It is the first time the French scholars have glimpsed the writings they have heard about on the Rosetta Stone.

• It is the first time the French scholars have seen the Greek alphabet appear together with the hieroglyphs.

• It is the first time the French scholars have studied an inscription that consists of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

The Ptolemys kept their Greek culture, including their language, but they also respected the customs and religious beliefs of the native Egyptians. So it was only natural for the priests’ statement to have been carved in both Greek and Egyptian on the Rosetta Stone.

QUESTION: What signal word helps readers identify evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship in this excerpt?

• but

• also

• so

• and

Based on The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, which sentence from the passage explains why General Menou handed over the Rosetta Stone to General Hutchinson?

• At last the British gave in and allowed the scholars to keep the bulk of their collections.

• "Without us," they said, "this material is a dead language that neither you nor your scientists can understand."

• Reluctantly, General Menou turned it over to the British general, Hutchinson.

• "You can have it,” he said, “because you are the stronger of us two.”