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?

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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.

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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.