Which sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone most suggests that James Cross Giblin holds a positive view of the work of Thomas Young?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin.Young had learned to read before he was two, and by the age of twenty had mastered a dozen foreign languages including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. An inheritance from an uncle left him free to pursue his scientific interests. At various times, Young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest. Then, intrigued by the challenge of the Rosetta Stone, he put aside his other studies and concentrated on attempting to decipher the writing on it. Young had read of de Sacy’s and Akerblad’s work in Paris, and was determined to succeed where they had failed.The details in this excerpt hint that Giblin has a
Read the sentence from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Young, like de Sacy and Akerblad before him, decided their demotic equivalent must be a group of characters that occurred fourteen times.Which answer option best describes the sentence?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Now Young made a leap of the imagination. It was like the inspired hunches that have led so many of the great advances in science and technology over the ages.Which best describes this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.Young had learned to read before he was two, and by the age of twenty had mastered a dozen foreign languages including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. An inheritance from an uncle left him free to pursue his scientific interests. At various times, Young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest. Then, intrigued by the challenge of the Rosetta Stone, he put aside his other studies and concentrated on attempting to decipher the writing on it. Young had read of de Sacy’s and Akerblad’s work in Paris, and was determined to succeed where they had failed.Based on the details in the excerpt, James Cross Giblin’s attitude toward Thomas Young is
After reading The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, a student made this statement.Thomas Young was clearly the most intelligent and determined researcher to try to decipher the writings on the Rosetta Stone.This statement could be considered biased because it
Based on The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, which statement best describes how James Cross Giblin characterizes the historical figure of Sylvestre de Sacy?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.He wrote to a friend: "You tell me that I shall astonish the world if I make out the demotic inscription on the Rosetta Stone. On the contrary, I think it astonishing that It should not have been made out already, and that I should find the task so difficult.”In this excerpt, the author includes Thomas Young’s words to show that Young
Based on The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, which statement best describes how James Cross Giblin characterizes the historical figure of Johan Akerblad?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.These were impressive achievements. But Akerblad’s success in identifying so many demotic characters now led him to make a serious mistake. He became convinced that the demotic script was entirely alphabetic. From then on Akerblad, and other scholars like him, made no further progress in deciphering the demotic passage on the Stone.Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes the author’s portrayal of Johan Akerblad?
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