Quiz · Pompeii Buried by Vesuvius

Question 1What is the listening passage mainly telling us about?

How Roman people built busy towns near the sea How Pompeii was buried by a volcano and later uncovered Why farmers dig in their fields every year How volcanoes explode with fire and thick ash

Question 2How deep was the hot ash in some places?

Three metres deep in the whole town Two thousand metres near the mountain About three hundred metres beside the sea Six metres deep

Question 3Why did everything in Pompeii look as if life had stopped in one day?

Archaeologists rebuilt the streets exactly as before The ash covered the town suddenly and preserved it The people took everything with them when they left Farmers protected the old town for many centuries