Quiz · Cracking the Hieroglyph Code

Question 1What is the main idea of the listening passage?

How the Rosetta Stone helped scholars read Egyptian hieroglyphs How Egyptian temples were covered with picture writing Why the pharaohs wrote secret letters to each other How a famous museum in London was first founded

Question 2Where is the Rosetta Stone kept today, according to the passage?

Near the town where it was found Inside an ancient Egyptian temple In a famous museum in London In a large French library

Question 3What did Champollion realise about some of the hieroglyph pictures?

They told long stories about ancient gods They stood for sounds, not for whole words They were copied from ancient Greek writing They named every pharaoh in Egyptian history