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Question 18 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY

Which evidence from "The Rosetta Stone” supports the claim that Thomas Young played a key role in helping to decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?

Answer
A
Unfortunately, Young abandoned his research, believing that the letters in the cartouche were just an exception . . .
B
Young used an old code breaker's technique of looking for a crib, or a word that can be identified in the text.
C
Champollion deciphered the cartouche by identifying hieroglyphs translated by Young, and he used his knowledge of Coptic to discover that it belonged to the pharaoh Ramses.
D
Young's results were published and fell into the hands of a talented linguist, Jean-Francois Champollion.

Explanation

Choice C gives direct evidence of Young’s contribution: Champollion used hieroglyphs that Young had translated when deciphering the cartouche. This shows Young’s work helped make the later breakthrough possible, supporting the claim that he played a key role.

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