Question

Suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient Greek chronicles and also in the Biblical Book of Exodus: Rameses, or Ramesses.

—The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,

James Cross Giblin

Use the drop-down menu to complete the sentence.


Based on the context clues, "chronicles" most likely means

written documents.

musical instruments.

wars.

buildings.
the answer is written documents

Answer 1

written documents

everyone have a safe and merry christmas/hanukkah/kwanzaa

Answer 2

The correct answer is Written documents

Step-by-step explanation:

In this short paragraph, context clues to understand the word "chronicles" include details such as "Biblical Book" or "whose name appeared in" because the first detail suggests the chronicles were written documents as they were similar to the Bible, which is also a written document. On the other hand, the second detail confirms this idea because names appear only in written records such as books or chronicles. According to this, the correct answer is written documents.