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According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what causes the French scholars to become "tremendously excited" when they first glimpse the writing on the Rosetta Stone slab?

It is the first time the French scholars have seen the Greek alphabet appear together with the hieroglyphs.

Which excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone describes the effect of the conflict between the British and the French?

[T]he French were finally forced to surrender to the British.

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

not :Napoleon's army captured the city of Alexandria by storm on July 1, 1798, and rapidly overran the Nile Delta.

Which statement accurately describes a cause-and-effect relationship described in this excerpt?

not: Because Napoleon departs for France, the French army and scholars decide to stay in Egypt.

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?

not: Both the British and Turkish demand the Rosetta Stone.

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"?

not: Since only ancient Egyptians understood hieroglyphs, the scholars knew the second inscription had to be a simpler version of the first.

The details in this excerpt serve as evidence for which fact?

not: Some of the Egyptian writings on the Rosetta Stone included hieroglyphs.

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?

not: over the Rosetta Stone to General Hutchinson? At last the British gave in and allowed the scholars to keep the bulk of their collections.

What signal word helps readers identify evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship in this excerpt?

so

According to the sequence of events described in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what leads the scholars to believe that the three inscriptions say the same thing in different languages?

the translation of the last sentence of the Greek text