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20. When will Vesuvius erupt?
 
every 2,000 years
 
every 20,000 years
 
every 20 years
 
every 200,000 years
19. How many people live near Vesuvius now?
 
3.5 million people
 
3.5 billion people
 
3.5 thousand people
 
3.5 trillion people
18. In the initial 18 hours of the eruption how many tons of debris fell?
 
10 billion tons
 
10 million tons
 
10 tons
 
10 trillion tons
17. What was the fate of Pliny the Younger?
 
survived, wrote about the eruption
 
invented the sandwich
 
moved to asia
 
became a monk
16. What was the fate of Pliny the Elder?
 
fell and died because he was overwhelmed by the gases
 
sunk in a boat
 
had a heart attack
 
was murdered by his brother
15. How did most die at Pompeii?
 
suffocation from toxic gases and ash
 
caught on fire
 
evaporated by heat
14. What does Pomponianus witness that night?
 
part of volcano explodes, pyroclastic flow, huge clouds of
 
a lot of birds flying
 
a tornado
13. Where does Fortunata, the fuller's wife, end up in her attempt to leave Pompeii?
 
gladiator house
 
bakery
 
library
 
bathhouse
11. What new danger does the falling pumice and ash present?
 
roofs caving in
 
frostbite
 
wild animal attacks
10. At what time does Admiral Pliny's fleet approach Pompeii?
 
5 pm
 
10 pm
 
5 am
 
midnight
8. By mid-afternoon how many tons of pumice and ash have fallen on Pompeii?
 
100 million tons
 
100 billion tons
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
6. What is the Latin word for volcano?
 
no word for it b/c they didn't know what a volcano was
 
volcano
 
fulminare
 
lux brumalis
5. What time of day did the eruption occur?
 
1 P.M. approx.
 
3 P.M. approx.
 
5 P.M. approx.
 
7 P.M. approx.
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
3. What was the approximate population of Pompeii?
 
20,000
 
40,000
 
60,000
1. What kinds of historical evidence do we get from Pompeii?
 
casts of people, objects with inscriptions, Pliny's journal
 
there's no evidence
 
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