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A)
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin.
De Sacy, Akerblad, Young, Champollion, and others all made some progress in translating the demotic passage. But the first scholar who fully understood the symbols in the demotic text was a German, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, who published a translation of it, with commentary, in 1850. An even more thorough version was published by another German scholar, Dr. J. J. Hess, in 1902.
The details from the excerpt best support the idea that
1. Champollion was the most well-known scholar to work on the Rosetta Stone translation.
2. translating the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone took the work of many scholars.
3. the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone would still be a mystery without the work of Dr. J. J. Hess.
4. the best translation of the demotic text on the Rosetta Stone was in German.
B)
Which statement evaluates a text?
1. The text is a novel.
2. The text is understandable.
3. The text has 150 pages.
4. The text was published in English.
C)
Based on details from “The Telephone: A Truer Tale,” how did Antonio Meucci and Alexander Graham Bell differ?
1. Meucci developed a working telephone, while Bell did not.
2. Meucci struggled financially, while Bell did not.
3. Meucci dreamed of a world full of working telephones, while Bell did not.
4. Meucci got credit for the invention of the telephone, while Bell did not.
D)
Read the excerpt from “The Telephone: A Truer Tale.”
" The story of the telephone’s invention in 1876 is one of hard work, determination, and triumph. Many accounts make it sound like a fairy tale. After all, it has a terrific happy ending in which the hero, Alexander Graham Bell, uses his astonishing new device to transmit the words “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” However, the true story of how the telephone came to be is not quite as happy as most imagine. In fact, it is not a tale of triumph at all, but one of tragedy. What’s more, the first words ever spoken over a wire could not possibly have been uttered by Alexander Graham Bell, because he was only two years old at the time."
Which quotation from the excerpt presents a counterclaim to the idea that the invention of the telephone was a triumphant event?
1. The story of the telephone’s invention in 1876 is one of hard work, determination, and triumph.
2. After all, it has a terrific happy ending in which the hero, Alexander Graham Bell, uses his astonishing new device to transmit the words “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”
3. However, the true story of how the telephone came to be is not quite as happy as most imagine. In fact, it is not a tale of triumph at all, but one of tragedy.
4. What’s more, the first words ever spoken over a wire could not possibly have been uttered by Alexander Graham Bell, because he was only two years old at the time.
E)
Based on “Egyptian Tombs: A Grave Matter,” what will most likely occur if grave robbers find the tomb of Ramses VIII in the future?
1. They will empty the tomb and take away its contents.
2. They will carefully study the tomb without removing the contents.
3. They will take the contents of the tomb but return them later.
4. They will take only a few of the items for scientific study.
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