WorksheetsEscape from Pompeii
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the name Vesuvius mean?
Beautiful Mountain
Massive Mountain
Gentle Mountain
What river is near Pompeii?
River Spices
River Sarnus
River Haggling
Who is the son of Dion, the actor?
Tranio
Naples
Livia
Who escaped the volcano and hid on a boat?
Dion and Tranio
Livia and Dion
Tranio and Livia
What type of game might a child in Pompeii play?
Knucklebones
Pantomime
Tremors
What three types of characters might masked actors, in the theater, play in Pompeii?
thieves
devils
fountains
acrobats
What two items filled the air, that made it hard to breath, before Vesuvius fully exploded?
pumice
stones
ash
lava
Who raised Tranio and Livia?
Captain of a Japanese ship
Captain of a Thomas ship
Captain of a Greek ship
About how long did Pompeii sleep before being discovered in 1748?
1,700 yrs.
1,863 yrs.
1,748 yrs.
1,944 yrs.
Who discovered how to make the body casts of the people who died in Pompeii?
Giuseppe Breig
Giuseppe Bolden
Giuseppe Fiorelli
Giuseppe Ferrari
