Which statement successfully paraphrases information from this passage?
These tombs were often filled with priceless
A) treasures-items that the Egyptians believed their
leaders would take with them to the next world.
Secret or hidden passages have a long history that
may have begun with the Ancient Egyptians who
B)
built secret tunnels into their many pyramids for
different purposes.
The great pyramids were built to honor the rulers of
this ancient civilization. When Egyptian leaders died,
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their people would place them in crypts, or tombs,
deep inside the pyramids.
In order to prevent robbers from stealing these
treasures, the Egyptians built secret passageways
D) that led to the tombs. The designers also constructed
fake tombs and deadly traps that would fool any
would-be robbers

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.