The Great Sphinx at Giza, in Egypt, has the body of a lion and the head of a(n):
A. creature.
B. woman.
C. pharoah.
D. Akkadian ruler.
E. scribe.
C
The Sphinx is the essence of stability, order, and endurance and is thought to have the head of the pharaoh Khafre, whose tomb is nearby.
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a. John Cage b. Igor Stravinsky c. Arnold Schoenburg d. Philip Glass e. Johannes Brahms
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a. beautiful movement b. beauty c. ideas d. language
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a. India b. Persia c. Egypt d. Spain