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13. Where does Fortunata, the fuller's wife, end up in her attempt to leave Pompeii?
library
gladiator house
bakery
bathhouse
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14. What does Pomponianus witness that night?
part of volcano explodes, pyroclastic flow, huge clouds of
a tornado
a lot of birds flying
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16. What was the fate of Pliny the Elder?
sunk in a boat
fell and died because he was overwhelmed by the gases
had a heart attack
was murdered by his brother
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7. Why would Pliny the Elder be especially interested in the eruption of the volcano?
studied nature and wrote about it
everyone knew he was crazy
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3. What was the approximate population of Pompeii?
20,000
60,000
40,000
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1. What kinds of historical evidence do we get from Pompeii?
casts of people, objects with inscriptions, Pliny's journal
whale songs lyrics
there's no evidence
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4. What component of the fuller's shop was so valuable that there was once a tax on it?
urine to clean clothes
diamonds for the queen
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lifesaver
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fairy
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gift
Win 5 points!
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lifesaver
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baam
Lose 15 points!
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magnet
Take 25 points!
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lifesaver
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6. What is the Latin word for volcano?
lux brumalis
fulminare
no word for it b/c they didn't know what a volcano was
volcano
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8. By mid-afternoon how many tons of pumice and ash have fallen on Pompeii?
100 billion tons
100 million tons
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rocket
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rocket
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baam
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20. When will Vesuvius erupt?
every 20 years
every 200,000 years
every 20,000 years
every 2,000 years
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10. At what time does Admiral Pliny's fleet approach Pompeii?
10 pm
midnight
5 am
5 pm
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baam
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18. In the initial 18 hours of the eruption how many tons of debris fell?
10 tons
10 trillion tons
10 million tons
10 billion tons
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