The Rosetta Stone — Questions and answers

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Who was in charge of the soldiers and engineers when the special stone was found in Fort Julien?

Choices

  1. General Napoleon Bonaparte
  2. Sergeant Pierre-François Bouchard ✓
  3. Jean-Joseph Marcel
  4. William Richard Hamilton

Answer: Sergeant Pierre-François Bouchard

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What was the main goal of the scholars who traveled to Egypt with General Napoleon Bonaparte?

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  1. To fight in battles and conquer new lands.
  2. To find hidden treasures for the French army.
  3. To understand and record information about ancient Egypt. ✓
  4. To build new forts and defenses.

Answer: To understand and record information about ancient Egypt.

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What exciting clue did the scholars find when they read the Greek part of the stone?

Choices

  1. It said the stone was made of gold.
  2. It gave the location of a secret temple.
  3. It explained that the writing was in three different types of characters. ✓
  4. It told them a funny story about a pharaoh.

Answer: It explained that the writing was in three different types of characters.

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Who took the Rosetta Stone from the French General Menou after the war in Egypt?

Choices

  1. The Egyptian priests
  2. General Napoleon Bonaparte
  3. The British forces ✓
  4. The local villagers

Answer: The British forces

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Where was the Rosetta Stone taken after the British secured it?

Choices

  1. To France
  2. To a museum in Egypt
  3. To England ✓
  4. To a secret location

Answer: To England

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What important thing did Thomas Young discover about some of the hieroglyphs, especially in royal names?

Choices

  1. They were just pretty pictures.
  2. They represented sounds and spelled out names. ✓
  3. They were a type of secret code for maps.
  4. They were written backward by mistake.

Answer: They represented sounds and spelled out names.

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What ancient language did Jean-François Champollion believe held the key to understanding hieroglyphs, and so he learned it?

Choices

  1. Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Coptic ✓
  4. French

Answer: Coptic

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What was Jean-François Champollion's big discovery that made him exclaim, 'I've got it!'?

Choices

  1. He found a secret map to a hidden treasure.
  2. He realized that hieroglyphs in royal names spelled out sounds. ✓
  3. He learned how to build a pyramid in one day.
  4. He discovered a new type of stone from Egypt.

Answer: He realized that hieroglyphs in royal names spelled out sounds.

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What did Jean-François Champollion show to the scholars in Paris on September 27, 1822?

Choices

  1. How to draw hieroglyphs perfectly.
  2. How to translate the ancient Egyptian language. ✓
  3. How to find more Rosetta Stones.
  4. How to build a better printing press.

Answer: How to translate the ancient Egyptian language.

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What was the most important result of understanding the Rosetta Stone?

Choices

  1. It helped people find more valuable stones in Egypt.
  2. It allowed people to finally read and understand ancient Egyptian history and stories. ✓
  3. It made the Rosetta Stone the only artifact people cared about.
  4. It proved that ancient Egyptians never wrote anything important.

Answer: It allowed people to finally read and understand ancient Egyptian history and stories.

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