ReadingExplorerFoundations:Unit9LessonA

DIRECTIONS:Choosethebestanswerforeachquestion.

ALovePoeminStone

[A]Oftencalledalovepoem1instone,theTajMahalisoneofthemostbeautifulbuildingsevermade.Itisalsoperhapsthemostbeautifulexpression2ofloveintheworld.

[B]TheemperorShahJahanbuilttheTajMahalforhisempress,MumtazMahal.Theylivedhappilytogetherfor18years.Then,in1631,Mumtazdiedduringthebirthoftheirfourteenthchild.Beforeshedied,theemperormadeherapromise.Torememberher,hewouldbuildthemostbeautifulmonumentintheworld.

[C]BuildingtheTajMahalwasahugetask.Itissaidthatittookmorethan20,000peopleand1,000elephants.Theyworkedforover20yearstobuildthemonumentanditscentraldome.3

[D]In1658,fiveyearsafterthebuildingwasfinished,ShahJahanssonbecameemperor.HeputShahJahaninprison.4ShahJahanstayedthereuntilhisdeathin1666.HisbodywasthenputintheTajMahalwiththewomanheloved.

[E]TherearemanylegendsabouttheTajMahal.Inonestory,ShahJahanhadthebuildershandscutoffafterthebuildingwascomplete.ThiswassupposedlydonesotheycouldneverbuildanythingasbeautifulastheTajMahal.AnothersayshealsowantedtobuildablackTajMahal.Theseareinterestingstories,buttheyareprobablynottrue.

[F]ThelovestorybetweenShahJahanandhiswifeendedsadly.Butthemonumenttotheirlovestillstandstoday.Millionsoftouristsvisiteveryyear.Theycometoseethemarblechangecolorinthelightoftherisingsunorafullmoon.

1Apoemisapieceofwritingthatusuallyhasrhythm.

2Anexpressionofloveisawayofshowingyourfeelings.

3Adomeisaroundedroof.

4Aprisonisaplacewherepeoplewhobreakthelawarekept.

____ 1. Thefollowingsentencewouldbebestplacedattheendofwhichparagraph?

Likemanylovepoems,thereisalsoasadpartinthisstory.

a.

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b.

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