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. The top right and left corners were missing, as was the bottom right corner. The soldiers had gone over the rest of the wall carefully in hopes of finding the missing pieces embedded in it, but with no luck. —The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin

According to the passage, what caused the Rosetta Stone to be unearthed?

1. A note led the soldiers to the spot.
2. Three corners were missing from the slab.
3. The soldiers went over the wall carefully.
4. The wall was ruined and was being torn down.

The statement which accurately describes a cause-and-effect relationship described in this excerpt is:

C. Because the French soldiers are tearing down a ruined wall in a fort, they discover the Rosetta Stone.

A relationship of cause and effect implies that we have two events. One event is the consequence of the other or, if we invert the reasoning, one event causes the other.

In the paragraph, we do not know the relationship between Napoleon's departure and the French army's decision to stay. The author does not make it clear.

However, the relationship between the discovery of the stone and the wall in a fort is made clear in the following excerpt:

". . . the stone had been unearthed in an old fort neat the town of Rosetta. . . French soldiers were tearing down a ruined wall in the fort when they came upon the slab."

Thus, the relationship is clear: 1. the tearing down of the wall. 2. coming across the stone.

In conclusion, finding the stone is the consequence of tearing down the wall. Tearing down the wall is the cause of finding the stone. Letter C is the correct option.

bro we need more information. how are we supposed to answer this?