Scribes generally used the hieratic form when they were writing on papyrus and hieroglyphs when they were carving inscriptions i
n plaster or limestone. Later, in about 700 B.C., hieratic writing was simplified further and became the form known as demotic. It was in demotic, of course, that one of the passages on the Rosetta Stone was carved. —The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin
Choose the best meaning for the word "hieratic” as it is used in the passage.
having lots of style
having to do with priests
a form of cursive writing
very formal
Answer: C. to explore the concept of fate while creating a mood of horror
.
Explanation: The author explores the concept of fate by setting up a situation in which one man seems predestined to kill another against his will. The story builds to a mood of quiet horror.
