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Which sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone explains why Napoleon and his men were temporarily trapped in Egypt in 1798?

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Napoleon’s army captured the city of Alexandria by storm on July 1, 1798, and rapidly overran the Nile Delta.
B
On August 1 the British surprised the French fleet at anchor near Alexandria and completely destroyed it.
C
For the next year, the army fended off [resisted] attacks by the Turks, who had formerly ruled Egypt.
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Then, in August 1799, Napoleon evaded [escaped] the British naval blockade and returned with a new companion to France to deal with problems there.
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Based on details in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, Napoleon’s scholars and scientists receive the nickname "the donkeys" because they

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capture the city of Alexandria and overrun the Nile Delta while riding on donkeys.
B
use donkeys as their transportation while making expeditions into the countryside.
C
collect a variety of plants and animals to study—and their favorite is donkeys.
D
keep donkeys as pets in the elegant palace that serves as their headquarters.
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Based on The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, which sentence from the passage explains why General Menou handed over the Rosetta Stone to General Hutchinson?

A
At last the British gave in and allowed the scholars to keep the bulk of their collections.
B
"Without us," they said, "this material is a dead language that neither you nor your scientists can understand."
C
Reluctantly, General Menou turned it over to the British general, Hutchinson.
D
“You can have it,” he said, “because you are the stronger of us two.”
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Based on the sequence of events in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is the first effect of Cairo falling to the Turkish army in the spring of 1801?

A
Both the British and Turkish demand the Rosetta Stone.
B
The British order the French to hand over their treasures.
C
Both the French army and scholars retreat to Alexandria.
D
The French scholars hand the Rosetta Stone to the Turks.
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Based on the sequence of events described in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is the first effect of the Rosetta Stone missing three of its four corners?

A
The scholars are unable to read the Greek passage.
B
The scholars ask the soldiers to locate the other pieces.
C
The soldiers begin searching for the remaining pieces.
D
The soldiers immediately hand the slab to their officer.
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According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what happens as a result of the British destroying the French fleet anchored near Alexandria?

A
Napoleon, his army, and the scholars become trapped in the land they have just conquered.
B
Napoleon, his army, and the scholars are frightened and spend a lot of time devising a plan to escape.
C
Napoleon escapes the British naval blockade and returns to France where it is safer.
D
Napoleon and his men take over a palace to serve as the headquarters for the scientists and scholars.
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Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.The French army stayed behind in Egypt—and so did the scholars. In late August, shortly after Napoleon's departure, a large, heavy package arrived at the scholars' palace in Cairo. When they opened it, they found it contained a black stone slab covered with writing in three different scripts.A note from a French army officer accompanied the package. He told the scholars that the stone had been unearthed in an old fort near the town of Rosetta, thirty-five miles north of Alexandria. French soldiers were tearing down a ruined wall in the fort when they came upon the slab.Which statement accurately describes a cause-and-effect relationship described in this excerpt?

A
Because Napoleon departs for France, the French army and scholars decide to stay in Egypt.
B
Because the French army and scholars decide to stay in Egypt, Napoleon decides to depart for France.
C
Because the French soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall in a fort, they discover the Rosetta Stone.
D
Because the French soldiers are searching for the Rosetta Stone, they tear down a ruined wall in a fort.
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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”?

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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.
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Based on details from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what is an effect of the hieroglyphs and the Greek alphabet appearing together on the slab?

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It suggests others discovered the Rosetta Stone before the French and wrote on it.
B
It provides an opportunity to decipher the unknown hieroglyphs by matching them to the known Greek language.
C
It explains why the British are so determined to stop the French invasion of Egypt.
D
It proves the theory that the Egyptians had invaded and conquered Greece centuries before.
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Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.The Ptolemys kept their Greek culture, including their language, but they also respected the customs and religious beliefs of the native Egyptians. So it was only natural for the priests’ statement to have been carved in both Greek and Egyptian on the Rosetta Stone.What signal word helps readers identify evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship in this excerpt?

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but
B
also
C
so
D
and

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