RC Drill Set 2, Question 2
Studying West African symbol systems may clarify some(460 more words not shown)
Information in the passage most(9 more words not shown)
- AWhat influence did(12 more words not shown)
- BWhich developed first,(7 more words not shown)
- CWhat are some(9 more words not shown)
- DWho is the(4 more words not shown)
- EDo Nsibidi symbols(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Which question can we actually answer? We know some details of Njoya's invention and its uses, but many questions about ancient origins remain open. We should distinguish information supplied by the text from possibilities it merely raises.
Working the answers
- A
Arabic script is discussed in relation to Njoya, who was impressed by it but didn't draw on it. We aren't told what influence it had on Egyptian or Nsibidi symbols.
- B
The possible routes of influence leave this chronology unsettled. Similar origin stories don't tell us which writing system developed first.
- CCorrect
Njoya established schools using the system for “reading and writing,” developed printing, and compiled history texts. Those are concrete applications, so we can answer the question.
- D
Thoth is identified as the patron of scribes in ancient Egypt, not Nigeria.
- E
Use among speakers of several languages doesn't tell us whether Nsibidi completely represents any one spoken language. We have no answer to that question.
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