The french army stayed behind in egypt—and so did the scholars. in late august, shortly after napoleon's departure, a large, heavy package arrived at the scholars' palace in cairo. when they opened it, they found it contained a black stone slab covered with writing in three different scripts. a note from a french army officer accompanied the package. he told the scholars that the stone had been unearthed in an old fort near the town of rosetta, thirty-five miles north of alexandria. french soldiers were tearing down a ruined wall in the fort when they came upon the slab. which statement accurately describes a cause-and-effect relationship described in this excerpt? because napoleon departs for france, the french army and scholars decide to stay in egypt. because the french army and scholars decide to stay in egypt, napoleon decides to depart for france. because the french soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall in a fort, they discover the rosetta stone. because the french soldiers are searching for the rosetta stone, they tear down a ruined wall in a fort.

Because the French soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall in a fort, they discover the Rosetta Stone. The concept of cause-and-effect is that the cause of some event precedes the effect of that event. With that in mind, let's look at the options and see what does and does not make sense. Because Napoleon departs for France, the French army and scholars decide to stay in Egypt. * Armies don't just "decide" where to go or stay. They're ordered to go and stay at various locations. So this option is wrong. Because the French army and scholars decide to stay in Egypt, Napoleon decides to depart for France. * This would imply that Napolean is fleeing his own army. Rather silly and therefore also wrong. Because the French soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall in a fort, they discover the Rosetta Stone. * The soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall for their own purposes and as a result found the Rosetta Stone. This does have a good cause and effect relationship and is therefore the correct choice. Because the French soldiers are searching for the Rosetta Stone, they tear down a ruined wall in a fort. * This would imply that the soldiers already knew of the existence of the Rosetta Stone which is incorrect. So this choice is incorrect.