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WorksheetsSeeker of Knowledge
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
The new SCHOLARS ate dinner.
What is another word for SCHOLAR?
What is another word for SCHOLAR?
a)
students
b)
engineers
c)
assistants
d)
athletes
2.
This vase is ANCIENT.
What is another word for ANCIENT?
What is another word for ANCIENT?
a)
damaged
b)
crystal
c)
antique
d)
brittle
3.
She is the SEEKER of the truth.
What is another word for SEEKER?
What is another word for SEEKER?
a)
person who teaches
b)
person who searches
c)
person who writes
d)
person who studies
4.
Have you seen the TEMPLE?
What is another word for TEMPLE?
What is another word for TEMPLE?
a)
court built for legal cases
b)
theater created for concerts
c)
building constructed for a God
d)
dome made for sporting events
5.
We found a LINK!
What is another word for LINK?
What is another word for LINK?
a)
thing that connects
b)
thing that operates
c)
thing that drains
d)
thing that protects
6.
Lena experienced a moment of TRIUMPH.
What is another word for TRIUMPH?
What is another word for TRIUMPH?
a)
loneliness
b)
horror
c)
peace
d)
success
7.
Ronnie will UNCOVER the facts.
What is another word for UNCOVER?
What is another word for UNCOVER?
a)
ignore
b)
show
c)
bury
d)
study
8.
The pictures in this selection show that most of the symbols used for the hieroglyphs...
a)
looked like letters of the alphabet we use today
b)
were animals that were familiar to the Egyptians
c)
were never used in combination of other symbols
d)
looked like a series of triangles, rectangles, and circles
9.
Why did the author point out that scholars turn Jean-Francois away?
a)
to show that they judged Jean-Francois by his age rather than his ability
b)
to explain why Jean-Francois' friends refused to work with them
c)
to show that Jean-Francois was not ready to learn about hieroglyphs
d)
to explain why Jean-Francois gave up trying to decipher the symbols
10.
Which of the following was a main idea from the selection?
a)
No one was ever able to read the black stone from Rosetta, Egypt
b)
Jean-Francois met a scientist who had been to Egypt with Napoleon
c)
General Napoleon was the French leader when Jean-Francois was a boy
d)
Jean-Francois was determined to read the Egyptian hieroglyphs
11.
How were Jean-Francois and Napoleon alike?
a)
They spent their childhood in Egypt
b)
They achieved their most important goals
c)
They dreamed of doing something great
d)
They wanted to conquer the world
12.
What was one of the Egyptian symbols used to show the world "trouble"?
a)
a jackal
b)
a leopard
c)
a crocodile
d)
a giraffe
13.
After the Battle of Waterloo, why did some people call Jean-Francois a traitor?
a)
He ran from the scene of the battle
b)
He gave France's secrets to its enemies
c)
He had become friends with Napoleon
d)
He wanted Ptolemy to be the next king
14.
When did Jean-Francois first translate Egypt's hieroglyphs?
a)
after visiting Egypt for the first time
b)
while attending school in Grenoble
c)
before Napoleon was defeated
d)
after a friend left a package for him
15.
What was the "key" that Jean-Francois discovered that helped him understand the hieroglyphs?
a)
The Egyptian symbols stood for syllables and whole words.
b)
Animal pictures were used in the names of Egyptian gods.
c)
The Rosetta Stone had both Greek and Egyptian writing.
d)
The Egyptian god of writing and a pharaoh shared a symbol.
16.
Which detail best supports the main idea that Jean-Francois worked very hard to reach his goal?
a)
He studied the Rosetta Stone and other inscriptions.
b)
There were many symbols that he did not understand.
c)
He got sick from not eating and sleeping while he was working.
d)
He left his notebooks behind and lived in the woods like a hunted dog.
17.
Which of the following best states the main idea of the selection?
a)
Jean-Francois Champollion discovered how to read hieroglyphs.
b)
Egyptian hieroglyphs were used in the black stone found in Rosetta.
c)
Jean-Francois Champollion became an important French general.
d)
The French leader Napoleon was interested in Egypt's secrets.
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