Quiz: The Coastline That Never Was

Question 1 of 6

Multiple choice

Where did Nadia buy the antique map?

أين اشترت نادية الخريطة القديمة؟

In a colonial archiveAt a university auctionAt the Alfama flea marketIn a demolished harbour office

Question 2 of 6

True or false

Laboratory tests showed that the map was a modern forgery.

أظهرت الفحوص المخبرية أن الخريطة تزوير حديث.

TrueFalse

Question 3 of 6

Vocabulary

In the story, the word "forgery" is closest in meaning to:

كلمة "forgery" في القصة أقرب في المعنى إلى:

a fake object made to deceive peoplean official royal ordera record of a ship's accountsa deep channel near a coast

Question 4 of 6

Complete the sentence

According to the ledger, the pilot Estêvão Boto was dismissed in 1721 for ______.

بحسب السجل، فُصل المرشد البحري إستيفاو بوتو عام 1721 بسبب ______.

stealing a gold shipmentrefusing to test the paperselling maps to collectorscharting waters that did not exist

Question 5 of 6

Comprehension

Why did the crown order the bay to be erased from all charts?

لماذا أمر التاج بمحو الخليج من جميع الخرائط؟

Because pirates were using the maps to plan attacksBecause a gold shipment had vanished there and questions were embarrassingBecause the coast had already sunk beneath the seaBecause the mapmaker demanded payment for his work

Question 6 of 6

Multiple choice

What did modern satellite images finally reveal?

ماذا كشفت صور الأقمار الصناعية الحديثة في النهاية؟

A second identical mapAn intact harbour officeA fleet of sunken shipsA drowned river valley where the cape should have been

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