Cause and Effect in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Question 6 • Common Core ELA 7 A-IC
According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what detail helped scholars determine that the second Egyptian inscription was a simpler form of Egyptian writing that had been created by “the people”?
Answer
A
The scholars had seen examples of it before written on rolls of papyrus, a writing material used by the Egyptians.
B
Since the scholars had already studied Egyptian languages, they recognized both the hieroglyphs and the demotic version.
C
The Greek inscription, which had already been deciphered, explained how to translate each of the Egyptian passages.
D
Since only ancient Egyptians understood hieroglyphs, the scholars knew the second inscription had to be a simpler version of the first.