THE EMPEROR AND HIS ARMY

What is the main idea of the text?

• Qin’s workers stocked his tomb with gold jewelry.
• Qin was a cruel ruler - a tyrant.
• Qin is credited with uniting China, developing ways to manage the country, and sponsoring the creation of art. 
• Qin's fear of death made him create the terracotta army 

Qin came into power when he was… 

• 13 years old.
• 11 years old. 
• 21 years old.

Qin defeated...

• Japan 
• China
• Korea
• all the other Chinese states

Qin’s tomb was located... 

• under his palace.
• under a well.
• under a mount.

What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 1 “In fact, there was no country of China at all”? 

• The land area we call China had not yet emerged from the sea.
• There was no single nation to which all people in the area felt they belong to.
• No one lived in the area we call China.

The main purpose of the 1st paragraph is to… 

• Express an opinion about the horrors of war. 
• Inform the reader about Qin’s personality. 
• Describe the situation in China before Qin. 

Choose the statement below that is the weakest argument for believing that Qin was a great ruler. 

• When Qin lost his temper, he cruelly punished people and sometimes - even things. 
• Qin supervised the building of the Great Wall of China. 
• Qin created a workable system of weight and measures. 

The author probably wrote this article in order to… 

• inform the reader about an interesting unusual ruler. 
• encourage the reader to travel around China. 
• persuade the reader to visit the emperor’s tomb. 

Choose the best sentence to paraphrase the following sentences.  “Carved in a special clay called terracotta, the 8000 soldiers were full-size adults, each about six feet tall”. 

• Each of 8000 soldiers carved a six-foot statue in a special clay called terracotta. 
• The 8000 statues of soldiers were carved from terracotta clay, and each full-size soldier was about six feet tall.
• About 8000 soldiers who were at least six feet tall were turned to terracotta clay. 

Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word in this sentence: "Even as a young man, Qin had a morbid fear of death."

• cheerful and healthy 
• complicated 
• gloomy and unpleasant