MCQ Questions

Question No. 1

Answer the following questions.

Answer :

(a) No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years. Why?

(b) When the volcano erupted, what decision did Diomedes take and why?

(c) How did Diomedes and his family die?

(d) What did Fiorelli find when he filled the spaces with liquid plaster?

Question No. 2

State if the following sentences are 'True' or 'False'.

Answer :

(a) Guiseppe Fiorelli and his men began to uncover Pompeii in 1861.

(b) In two days, the city of Pompeii was buried under stones and ashes twenty feet deep.

(c) Fiorelli and his men did not find any dead people during uncovering of Pompeii.

(d) Mount Vesuvius had been an active volcano for centuries.

Question No. 3

Complete the sentences with words from the lesson.

Answer :

(a) When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was ________________________.

(b) The city of Pompeii lay at the ________________________.

(c) The people of Pompeii were not safe because ________________________.

(d) Diomedes and his helper died when they were ________________________.

Question No. 4

Use 'shall' or 'will' to complete the sentences.

Question No. 5

Diomedes was probably afraid that he and his family would be crushed by the

Answer :

volcano

lava

ashes

crowd

Question No. 6

In the year 1861, an Italian archeologist named Guiseppe Fiorelli began to uncover

Answer :

the dead

the stones and ashes

hard molten lava

the city of Pompeii

Question No. 7

From the findings of many glasses and jars that had a dark blue stain at the bottom, we know that the people of Pompeii liked

Answer :

wine

food and drink

snacks

munches

Question No. 8

Fiorelli's discoveries tell us much, not only about the way the people lived, but also about

Answer :

their style of living

the way they led their life

the way they died

the sorrows of their life

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