Question 1 - Chapter 3 - Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues - Hornbill - Chapters (Literature) - English Class 11

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

Extract:

All afternoon the usual line of tourists from around the world had descended into the cramped, rock-cut tomb some 26 feet underground to pay their respects. They gazed at the murals on the walls of the burial chamber and peered at Tut’s gilded face, the most striking feature of his mummy-shaped outer coffin lid. Some visitors read from guidebooks in a whisper. Others stood silently, perhaps pondering Tut’s untimely death in his late teens, or wondering with a shiver if the pharaoh’s curse — death or misfortune falling upon those who disturbed him — was really true.

(Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues )

Question (i)

What was the name of the pharaoh whose tomb the tourists visited?

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

The name of the pharaoh whose tomb the tourists visited was Tutankhamun or Tut for short.

Step-by-step explanation:

• To answer this question, we need to locate the information that is directly given in the extract. We can use skimming and scanning skills to find the relevant part of the text quickly. For example:
•  Skimming is reading quickly to get the main idea or gist of a text.
•    We can skim the extract and see that it is about how tourists visited a pharaoh's tomb underground and looked at his coffin and murals.
• Scanning is reading quickly to find specific details or facts in a text .
•    We can scan the extract and look for keywords or phrases related to the question, such as "pharaoh", "name", or "Tut".
• We can then use these skills to find the answer in the first and second sentences of the extract. We can use quotation marks to indicate the exact words from the text. We can also use bold formatting to highlight the key words. For example:
• The answer is given in the first and second sentences of the extract: "All afternoon the usual line of tourists from around the world had descended into the cramped, rock-cut tomb some 26 feet underground to pay their respects. They gazed at the murals on the walls of the burial chamber and peered at Tut’s gilded face , the most striking feature of his mummy-shaped outer coffin lid".
• We can then infer from this sentence that the name of the pharaoh whose tomb the tourists visited was Tutankhamun or Tut for short. We can also recall this information from the title of the chapter.

Question (ii)

What was unusual about Tut's death?

• (a) He died in his late teens
• (b) He died by a curse
• (c) He died in a battle
• (d) He died without an heir

Answer:

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Answer as written by the student:

(a) He died in his late teens

Step-by-step explanation:

• To answer this question, we need to recall what the narrator says about Tut's death in the extract. We can use quotation marks to indicate the exact words that he says. For example:
• He says that "perhaps pondering Tut’s untimely death in his late teens".
• We then need to compare this statement with the four given options and choose the one that matches it best. We can use a process of elimination to rule out the options that are different from what he says. For example:
•   Option B is different because he does not mention anything about Tut dying by a curse, but rather if the curse was true for those who disturbed him.
•  Option C is different because he does not mention anything about Tut dying in a battle, but rather how he was buried.
• Option D is different because he does not mention anything about Tut dying without an heir, but rather how he looked.
• We can then conclude that option A is the correct answer because it is the same as what he says about Tut's death in the extract. We can use bold formatting to indicate our choice. For example:
• The correct answer is A. He died in his late teens.

Question (iii)

What did some visitors read from in a whisper?

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

 Some visitors read from guidebooks in a whisper.

Step-by-step explanation:

• To answer this question, we need to locate the information that is directly given in
•  the extract. We can use skimming and scanning skills to find the relevant part of the text quickly. For example:
• Skimming is reading quickly to get the main idea or gist of a text.
•   We can skim the extract and see that it is about how tourists visited a pharaoh's tomb underground and looked at his coffin and murals.
• Scanning is reading quickly to find specific details or facts in a text.
•   We can scan the extract and look for keywords or phrases related to the question, such as "read", "whisper", or "guidebooks".
• We can then use these skills to find the answer in the third sentence of the extract. We can use quotation marks to indicate the exact words from the text. We can also use bold formatting to highlight the key words. For example:
• The answer is given in the third sentence of the extract: "Some visitors **read** from **guidebooks** in a **whisper**".

Question (iv)

How does the extract show that the tourists were curious and respectful?

Answer:

Answer as written by the student:

The extract shows that the tourists were curious and respectful by using words and expressions that convey their actions and attitudes.

Step-by-step explanation:

• To answer this question, we need to infer how the extract shows that the tourists were curious and respectful from their actions and words in the extract. We can use clues such as verbs, adverbs, or expressions to help us. For example:
•  The narrator says that the tourists descended into the tomb to pay their respects.
• The narrator says that the tourists gazed at the murals and peered at Tut's face.
• The narrator says that the tourists read from guidebooks in a whisper.
• The narrator says that the tourists pondered Tut's death or wondered about the curse.
• We can then use these clues to write a complete sentence that explains how the extract shows that the tourists were curious and respectful. We can use simple words and connect them with conjunctions like "and" or "by". We can also use bold formatting to highlight the key words. For example:
• The extract shows that the tourists were curious and respectful by using words and expressions that convey their actions and attitudes.

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