Egypt Reading Comprehension Quiz

The name of the first Pharoah or king of Egypt was:

• Menes

• Tutankamon

• Nefertiti

• None of the above

The word pharaoh comes from the words per ´aa, meaning big house.

• True

• False

What were the jobs of the scribes?

• Write letters and government documents

• Record the pharaoh´s decrees

• Both answers A and B

• Work in construction projects

What is the difference between the houses where most people lived and the houses of the wealthy people?

Read this paragraph from the story again. Were there many differences between how lower-class and upper-class men and women dressed? Explain your answer.

Read this paragraph again. What does the word receded mean?

• go or move back or further away from a previous position

• disappear

• gradually diminish

Hieroglyphs are:

• a language

• picture symbols that Egyptians used when writing

• an Egyptian dance

Ancient Egyptians divided the year into 3 seasons.

• True

• False

Egyptians believed that 110 years was the perfect lifespan but it was more an ideal than a reality. In fact, most Egyptians did not live past their __________________.

• twenties

• fifties

• nineties

• thirties

Why were bodies made into mummies to keep them from decaying?

• So they could be found almost intact by tourists hundreds of years later.

• To scare anyone who tried to open their sarcophagus

• to ensure a successful journey into the afterlife.