Transcript Document 7508599

Study Guide
Seeker of Knowledge
Question 1
What were most of the symbols that were
used in the hieroglyphs according to the
pictures in this selection?
Answer 1
• They were animals that the Egyptians
were familiar with.
Question 2
• Why did the author point out that JeanFrancois was turned away by the
scholars?
Answer 2
• To show that he was judged on his age
rather than his ability.
Question 3
• Which is a main idea from the selection?
• 1. No one was ever able to read the black
stone from Rosetta, Egypt.
• 2. Jean-Francois was determined read
the hieroglyphs.6
Answer 3
• 2. Jean-Francois was determined to read
the hieroglyphs.
Question 4
• How were Jean-Francois and Napoleon
alike?
Answer 4
• They both dreamed of doing something
great.
Question 5
• What was ONE of the Egyptian symbols
that was used to show the word trouble?
Answer 5
• A crocodile
Question 6
• After the battle of Waterloo, why did some
people call Jean-Francois a traitor.
Answer 6
• He and Napoleon had become friends.
Question 7
• When did Jean-Francois first begin to
translate the hieroglyphs?
Answer 7
• After a friend left a package for him.
Question 8
• What was the KEY that Jean-Francois
discovered that helped him to understand
the hieroglyphs?
Answer 8
• That the Egyptian symbols stood for
syllables and whole words.
Question 9
• Jean-Francois worked very hard to
achieve his goal. Which supporting detail
best supports this main idea?
• 1. He studied the Rosetta Stone and other
inscriptions.
• 2. He got sick from not eating while he
was working.
Answer 9
• 2. He got sick from not eating while he
was working.
Question 10
• Which of the following BEST states the
main idea of this selection?
• 1. Jean-Francois discovered how to read
hieroglyphs.
• 2. Napoleon was interested in Egypt’s
secrets.
Answer 10
• 1. Jean-Francois discovered how to read
hieroglyphs.