ISCS Section 4, 5, & 6 Quiz

1. 1. Why do archaeologists know so little about how and why Stonehenge was constructed?

• Stonehenge was constructed thousands of years ago.

• The builders of Stonehenge did not leave any written records.

• Druids used Stonehenge for secret religious ceremonies.

• Archaeologists and historians cannot agree on a theory to explain Stonehenge.

2 (A) What led Ramilisonina to suggest a very different purpose for Stonehenge

than other archaeologists had thought?

• Ramilisonina thought that different cultures probably treated the dead in similar ways.

• Ramilisonina was known for having unconventional ideas

• Ramilisonina had fresh eyes because he had never been to England.

• Ramilisonina had more experience as an archaeologist than Mike.

2 (B) Which quotation BEST supports the answer to Part A?

• "Ramilisonina (he has one name) is a retired archaeologist who was born in Madagascar and has devoted his life to studying its myths, its history, and the story of its peoples."

• "Mike was bringing a person who could see the ancient stone circle with fresh eyes?"

• "But in fact he was turning Stonehenge upside down--seeing it exactly the opposite way from what esteemed scholars had been saying for centuries."

• "You build out of stone when you want something that will never fade away."

3. 3. What proved that William Stuckley's theory that Stonehenge was used as a Druid temple was wrong?

• The Druids did not use temples.

• Stonehenge was built 2,000 years after the Druids disappeared.

• Stonehenge was too old to be built by Druids.

• The druids lived in ancient Rome, not ancient Britain.

4 (A) What was the major problem with Mike Parker Pearson's theory

about Stonehenge and the Southern Circle being connected.

• The Southern Circle was thought to be connected to the Northern Circle, not Stonehenge.

• Archaeologists thought that Stonehenge and the Southern Circle were constructed at different times.

• Other archaeologists had already proposed that the two sites were linked.

• The Southern Circle was not an important archaeological site.

4 (B) Which quotation BEST supports the answer to Part A?

• "He exposed the traces of two other older timber circles known simply as the Northern and Southern circles."

• "The Southern Circle, another ancient site quite near Stonehenge, had been built out of wood, but no one had seen it as terribly important."

• "When Mike and Ramilisonina proposed their theory, archaeologists were getting confusing dates at Stonehenge that did not fit with the little that is known about the age of the Southern Circle."

• "The two archaeologists quickly wrote a paper suggesting that the Souther Circle and Stonehenge were linked."

5. 5. "Indeed the application for funding was turned down, and his project was called "too speculative."

Based on what you have learned from If Stones Could Speak..., which word BEST matches the meaning of the word SPECULATIVE as it is used in this excerpt?

• dangerous

• unimportant

• expensive

• unproven

6. Which theories about Stonehenge did archaeologists before Mike Parker Pearson and Ramilisonina propose?

• Stonehenge was intended to welcome the dead into their eternal realm.

• Ancient people went to Stonehenge because they believed the site could cure illness.

• Worshippers went to Stonehenge to honor the gods they believed in.

• Skywatchers studied the sun and stars from Stonehenge.

• The people that built Stonehenge built an identical structure from wood.