Reading Comprehension: Detail Questions

Which of the following is mentioned regarding the funerary procession?

Incorrect.

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Although one might assume that such ornate ritual burials would be reserved for higher status individuals, the passage does not mention any direct evidence to support this assertion.

Excellent!

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The passage tells us that experts now believe that a funeral procession would begin at sunrise as the body arrived at Woodhenge by boat on the river Avon.

Incorrect.

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This answer choice inverts the relationship the passage describes. Rather, the body would be carried from Woodhenge to Stonehenge.

Incorrect.

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The passage certainly mentions the sun as a celestial body that played an important role in Neolithic burial practces; however, the sun is the only celestial body mentioned in the passage whatsoever.

Incorrect.

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The passage tells us that the funerary procession would end with ceremonies among the rings of megaliths.  The passage states neither that those ceremonies included cremation, nor that they occurred on the central megalith.

The corpses were cremated on the central megalith within the henge.
The importance of several celestial bodies to Neolithic burial practices.
The funerary procession likely proceeded from Stonehenge to Woodhenge.
The bodies to be interred probably arrived by river ferry.
The henges were exclusively used for royal funerals.

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