1. The Roman City of Pompeii was destroyed in August A.D. 79 by:
a. a tsunami
b. a volcanic eruption
c. an earthquake
d. a hurricane
2. The center of Pompeii was ____________ miles away from
Mount Vesuvius:
a. about 20
b. 100
c. less than 1
d. about 5
3. The famous forms of the bodies of the people of Pompeii
are made from:
a. plaster poured into the cavities left in the cooling ash by
the bodies of Pompeii's citizens
b. the ossified remains of the people themselves
c. artist's recreations of the horrifying last moments of Pompeii
d. sculptures made by the ancient Romans to memorialize their
dead countrymen
4. Modern archaeologists and historians rely heavily upon what
primary source for information about the A.D. 79 eruption of
Vesuvius?
a. the written account of Pliny the Younger, an young nobleman
living with his uncle Pliny the Elder at the naval base of
Misenum, across the Bay of Naples from Pompeii.
b. video camera footage from tourists staying at a nearby
beach resort
c. the archaeological and geological data gained from more
than two centuries of scientific excavation
d. both a and c
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