Save Pompeii Game Quiz

Which of the following are two main ideas of the article?

• The city of Pompeii can be seen from a stone amphitheater.

• The city of Pompeii was covered in lava and ash 2,000 years ago.

• People wrote on the walls of Pompeii.

• People want to save the remains of the city before they are ruined.

Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary?

• It became lost after a volcano covered it in ash almost 2,000 years ago.

• The sixth and largest blast from the volcano forced the 17-year-old Pliny and his mother to escape.

• Mary Beard has written a best-selling book and done two television stories about Pompeii.

• Throughout history, the volcano has erupted more than 30 times.

Read the sentences below from the section "A Famous Lost City."

About 15 miles away, a huge dark cloud in the shape of an umbrella rose up 20 miles into the sky. It moved toward them and started to coming down.

Why does the author compare the could to an umbrella?

• because it kept rain from falling on the city

• because it covered the sky over people's heads

• because it caused ash to fall on the city

• because it was the same size as an umbrella

Read the sentence below from the section "Bodies Leave Empty Spaces."

More than 100 plaster casts of bodies trying to escape the deadly ash have been made.

Which sentence below uses the word "CAST" in the same way as it is used above?

• When I broke my arm, I had to wear a cast.

• Be sure to cast your fishing line far away from the boat.

• There was a party for the cast of the movie after the premiere.

• We made a cast of the footprints so they could be studied.

How many days did it take the volcano to bury the city of Pompeii?

• 1 day

• 2 days

• 3 days

• 4 days

In 79 AD (CE), a volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii. What is threatening to destroy Pompeii in modern times?

• Tourists

• The fact that its thousands of years old

• Exposure to rain and the weather

• Earthquakes

Have archaeologists discovered and dug up all of Pompeii's ruins?

• Yes

• No

Who wrote a first hand account of the volcano's activities?

• Admiral Pliny the Elder

• Mary Beard

• Sophie Hay

• Pliny the Younger

What does UNESCO stand for?

• United Nations Environmental Safety Co-Operation

• United Nations Educational Safety and Cultural Operations

• United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

• Universal Need to Ensure the Safety of Cultural Objects

Who was the author of this article?

• Mary Beard

• UNESCO

• Newsela

• Emily Mann