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The Titanic

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the Titanic sink?
a)
1912
b)
1812
c)
2012
d)
1982
2.
What did the Titanic hit in the Atlantic Ocean that caused it to sink?
a)
dolphin
b)
another ship
c)
iceberg
3.
Where was the Titanic headed?
a)
Europe
b)
New York
c)
Austraila
4.
Who stayed on the ship to help others onto lifeboats?
a)
women
b)
children
c)
men
5.
For those who were in the water, what was likely their cause of death?
a)
hunger
b)
stress
c)
freezing water temperatures
6.
The captain of the Titanic was
a)
Captain Edward J. Smith
b)
Captain Antonio Kirk
c)
Captain Bert Blyleven
d)
Captain Marvel
7.
The Titanic sailed how many times BEFORE the trip in which she sunk
a)
None
b)
Twice
c)
Seven
d)
Twelve
8.
The White Star Line's director who survived was
a)
J. Bruce Ismay
b)
Stanley Lord
c)
J.J. Astor
d)
Benjamin Guggenheim
9.
The ship that rescued the Titanic's survivors was named the
a)
Baltic
b)
Cunard
c)
Carpathia
d)
Miracle
10.

What type of figurative language: In places the rust formations over the portholes looked like eyelashes..."

a)

Personification

b)

Exaggeration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

11.

What type of figurative language: "We saw enough to know that the decks of the ship had collapsed in on one another like a giant accordion."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Exaggeration

12.

The Titanic had a lot of people that knew about the iceberg messages and took them seriously.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Captain Smith of the Titanic knew there was danger ahead.

a)

True

b)

False

14.
What company built the Titanic?
a)
Blue Star Line
b)
White Star Line
c)
Olympic
d)
United
15.
Where did the Titanic set sail from?
a)
Queenstown
b)
New York
c)
Cherbourg
d)
Southampton
16.
Was the Titanic ever found after it sank?
a)
yes
b)
i don't know
c)
no
17.
How many lifeboats did the ship have on board?
a)
20
b)
64
c)
none
d)
30
18.
New safety rules were put into place after the sinking of the Titanic
a)
False
b)
True
19.

Bow

a)

a lamp used to flash signals in Morse code

b)

a storage space for cargo on a ship, usually below deck

c)

metal plates joined together and covering a ship’s hull framing.

d)

the front end of a ship

20.

Which Ocean was Titanic travel in?

a)

Atlantic ocean

b)

Antarctic ocean

c)

Pacific ocean

d)

Indian ocean