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Titanic Test Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

Titanic is built

b)

Titanic passengers leave the ship on lifeboats

c)

Titanic sinks

d)

Titanic hits the iceberg

2.

Who is the antagonist of the story?

a)

J Bruce Ismay

b)

Morgan Robertson

c)

The iceberg

d)

Robert Ballard

3.

Which of the following are examples of foreshadowing seen in the story. Select all that apply.

a)

The Wreck of the Titan was written fourteen years before the Titanic and explains how an unsinkable ship sunk after hitting an iceberg.

b)

Ruth is in second class.

c)

Several warnings received by the Titanic of ice ahead.

d)

Not all of the ice warnings were taken to the bridge of the ship for the captain to read.

e)

The ship was labeled unsinkable.

4.

Which characters survived the sinking of the Titanic? Check all that apply?

a)

Ruth

b)

Harold

c)

Jack

d)

Ruth's family

e)

Captain Smith

5.

Where did the Titanic sail from and where was it headed?

a)

London/New York

b)

New York/Belfast

c)

Belfast/Southampton

d)

Southampton/New York

6.

True or False: Robert Ballard, the author, has a positive view on the sinking of the Titanic due to his discovery of the ship. But if a survivor would to tell his/her story, it would be negative.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: Opinions are right and wrong while facts can be argued over.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Titanic had three passenger classes. Which faced the most deaths during the sinking and why?

a)

First, they did not know the ship was sinking.

b)

Second, the first class took all of the spots on the lifeboats.

c)

Third, they were in the bottom of the boat and could not escape as fast as the other classes.

9.

Select all of the ways the Titanic tragedy could have been prevented.

a)

The ship could have gone slower.

b)

More lifeboats.

c)

More life preservers/ life jackets.

d)

Messages about ice could have been taken to the bridge.

e)

The shipbuilders could not have advertised the ship as "unsinkable."

10.

The Titanic was advertised as being a ship for millionaires. Select all of the details of elegance mentioned in the story.

a)

Dining rooms for each class

b)

Video Arcade Room

c)

Sports area for squash (game like indoor tennis)

d)

Marble Sinks

e)

Grand stairway

11.

What was the name of the line the Titanic sailed for?

a)

White Star Line

b)

Red Star Line

c)

Green Start Line

d)

Black Star Line

12.

The ship that came to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic?

a)

Californian

b)

Titanic II

c)

Carpathian

d)

Olympic