In Search of Pompeii/Trying to Prevent Modern Pompeii

According to the online article, how many people could be affected by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius today? 

• more than 700,000
• more than 500,000
• more than 600,000
• more than 800,000

How have people learned much of what they know about Roman life, according to the excerpt from In Search of Pompeii? 

• from evidence uncovered at Pompeii
• from Pliny the Younger's letter
• from textbooks 
• from stories told by the Romans

Why does the author of In Search of Pompeii say that visiting Pompeii is like entering a time machine? 

• Many people like to visit Pompeii because it has been rebuilt to be more modern.
• Pompeii likes to rival Naples and other cities by trying to look better than they do. 
• Visitors can see evidence of a long ago city complete with baths, graffiti, and grand houses with paintings and gardens. 

According to the excerpt from In Search of Pompeii, what did Giuseppe Fiorelli, the Director of Excavations, number during the excavation at Pompeii?  

• Every block and building in the city. 
• Every artifact found in the excavation.
• The human casts they made.
• Each important place in the city.

What does Pliny the Younger describe in “A Survivor’s Letter” from In Search of Pompeii?  

• He describes how he escapes from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 
• He describes what the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius looks like. 
• He describes how Tito and Bimbo escape from Mt. Vesuvius and their friendship. 
•  He describes the darkness that ashes from Mount Vesuvius’ eruption caused and people’s reactions to the disaster. 

According to “Italians Trying to Prevent a Modern Pompeii,” what are authorities doing so that fewer people live in the Mount Vesuvius danger zone? 

• Authorities are trying to reduce the number of residents by offering money to people to move.
• Authorities are demolishing illegal buildings.
• Authorities are building a national park.
• All of the above. 

In nonfiction, the most important idea that a writer communicates is the main idea. 

• True
• False

The main idea can be stated directly in the form of a(n) ________ sentence, which is sometimes the first sentence in a paragraph. 

• run-on
• interrogative
• topic
• important

You never have to determine the main idea of a selection by noting the smaller ideas developed in sections of the selection. 

• True
• False

What is author's purpose? 

• the reason the author is writing
• the writer's message or central theme
• the topic sentence and main ideas