Question

“By now it was dawn, but the light was still dim and faint. The buildings round us

were already tottering [swaying]. . . . This finally decided us to leave the town. Once
beyond the buildings we stopped, and there we had some . . . experiences which
thoroughly [totally] alarmed us. The carriages . . . began to run in different directions
though the ground was quite level. . . . We also saw the sea sucked away and
apparently forced back by the earthquake: at any rate it receded [moved back] from
the shore so that quantities of sea creatures were left stranded on dry sand. On the
landward side a fearful black cloud was rent [split] by forked and quivering bursts of
flame, and parted to reveal great tongues of fire, like flashes of lightning magnified
[increased] in size.”
—Pliny the Younger, The Letters of the Younger Pliny

_______ 11. Refer to the passage on the previous page. Why did the speaker and his group
decide to leave town?
A. The buildings were swaying.
B. The light was dim.
C. The lightning was dangerous.
D. It was near dawn.
_______ 12. According to the passage on the previous page, what is the most likely reason
the carriages started to run in different directions?
A. Each was headed to a different town.
B. The earth was level.
C. The horses were scared.
D. The wheels were melting.
_______ 13. Although the passage on the previous page is really about the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius, why do you think much of it describes an earthquake?
A. Earthquakes and volcanoes are the same.
B. Pliny mistook what he was witnessing.
C. Pliny had never seen an earthquake before.
D. Earthquakes often occur before or during volcanic eruptions.
_______ 14. According to the passage on the previous page, why were sea creatures
stranded on the dry sand?
A. The sea moved back suddenly from the shore.
B. They were dead.
C. They were moving away from the volcano.
D. They were natural land animals too.
_______ 15. The “great tongues of fire” mentioned in the passage on the previous page
probably refer to
A. burning carriages.
B. burning mountain grasses.
C. spurts of lava.
D. the sunrise.
Please Answer ASAP

Answer 1

11. a

12.b

13.d (not sure sorry if it is wrong)

14.a

15.c

Sorry if some of the answers are wrong did my beast to help you I never read the story before

So sorry if any answer is wrong