Think about the book If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge and answer questions 1–6.
Why do archaeologists know so little about how and why Stonehenge was constructed?
Select the best answer.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Think about the book If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge and answer questions 1–6.
Why do archaeologists know so little about how and why Stonehenge was constructed?
Select the best answer.
Responses
Stonehenge was constructed thousands of years ago.
The builders of Stonehenge did not leave any written records.
Druids used Stonehenge for secret religious ceremonies.
Archaeologists and historians cannot agree on a theory to explain Stonehenge.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Part A:
What led Ramilisonina to suggest a very different purpose for Stonehenge than other archaeologists had thought?
Ramilisonina was known for having unconventional ideas.
Ramilisonina thought that different cultures probably treated the dead in similar ways.
Ramilisonina had fresh eyes because he had never been to England.
Ramilisonina had more experience as an archaeologist than Mike.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Part B: Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?
“Ramilisonina (he has one name) is a retired archaeologist who was born in Madagascar and has devoted his life to studying its myths, its history, and the story of its peoples.”
“You build out of stone when you want something that will never fade away.”
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What proved that William Stuckley's theory that Stonehenge was used as a Druid temple was wrong?
Stonehenge was too old to be built by Druids.
The Druids did not use temples.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Part A:
What was the major problem with Mike Parker Pearson’s theory about Stonehenge and the Southern Circle being connected?
The Southern Circle was thought to be connected to the Northern Circle, not Stonehenge.
Archaeologists thought that Stonehenge and the Southern Circle were constructed at different times.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Part B: Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?
“He exposed the traces of two other older timber circles known simply as the Northern and Southern circles.”
“When Mike and Ramilisonina proposed their theory, archaeologists were getting confusing dates at Stonehenge that did not fit with the little that was known about the age of the Southern Circle.”
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt.
Indeed his application for funding was turned down, and his project was called "too speculative."
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson
Based on what you have learned from If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge, which word best matches the meaning of the word speculative as it is used in this excerpt?
unproven
unimportant
expensive
dangerous
8.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which theories about Stonehenge did archaeologists before Mike Parker Pearson and Ramilisonina propose?
Select two answers.
The people that built Stonehenge built an identical structure from wood.
Worshippers went to Stonehenge to honor the gods they believed in.
Ancient people went to Stonehenge because they believed the site could cure illness.
Stonehenge was built 2,500 years before Woodhenge.
Stonehenge was intended to welcome the dead into their eternal realm.
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