Question

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Young had learned to read before he was two, and by the age of twenty had mastered a dozen foreign languages including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. An inheritance from an uncle left him free to pursue his scientific interests. At various times, Young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest. Then, intrigued by the challenge of the Rosetta Stone, he put aside his other studies and concentrated on attempting to decipher the writing on it. Young had read of de Sacy’s and Akerblad’s work in Paris, and was determined to succeed where they had failed. Based on the details in the excerpt, James Cross Giblin’s attitude toward Thomas Young is positive because Young shows the skills and determination to figure out the inscriptions. positive because Young is wealthy and has plenty of free time to pursue anything that interests him. negative because Young lacks the experience needed to

Answer 1

positive because Young shows the skills and determination to figure out the inscriptions

Answer 2

The attitude of the author of The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, James Cross Giblin's towards Thomas Young is:

option number 1: Positive because Young shows the skills and determination to figure out the inscriptions

Notice the complimentary depiction the author makes of Young since an early age when he starts learning a large number of foreign languages, while the mention of the large inheritance from the wealthy uncle is brought up just in passing or matter-of-factly.