Cause and Effect in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

Based on the sequence of events in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is the first effect of Cairo falling to the Turkish army in the spring of 1801?

• Both the British and Turkish demand the Rosetta Stone.

• The British order the French to hand over their treasures.

• Both the French army and scholars retreat to Alexandria.

• The French scholars hand the Rosetta Stone to the Turks.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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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.

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Based on the sequence of events described in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is the first effect of the Rosetta Stone missing three of its four corners?

• The scholars are unable to read the Greek passage.

• The scholars ask the soldiers to locate the other pieces.

• The soldiers begin searching for the remaining pieces.

• The soldiers immediately hand the slab to their officer.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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?

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

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

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

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

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CCSS.RL.8.2

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.

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

• but

• also

• so

• and

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