Pompeii: The Last Day Movie Guide

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Pompeii: The Last Day
Movie Guide

Answer the following questions about the film.
  1. What is Mount Vesuvius?  Do the people of Pompeii know?
  2. Who is Julius Polybius?  Why is he re-doing his front room?
  3. What is urine used for in Pompeii?
  4. What signs did the people at Pompeii have that trouble was on the way?
  5. What happened at 1:00 pm on August 24, 79 AD?  Describe it.  What do people think it is?
  6. Who is Pliny the Elder? 
  7. What does Pliny the Elder want to do?  Why?
  8. What happens when the cloud mixes with air?  Why is this bad?
  9. What is the punishment of a slave who is caught fleeing?
  10. What does Pliny the Elder decide to do after he is told about the crisis going on?
  11. What threat does the pumice stone give Pompeii?
  12. Where is Herculaneum?  Does Pliny help the city?
  13. While Pliny the Elder is at Stabiae, is he scared of the eruption?
  14. What change happens to Mount Vesuvius?  What is the result of this change?  How are the people
at Herculaneum affected?

  1. After the big earthquake, what happens to Mount Vesuvius?  How does it affect Pompeii?
  2. Was death for the people at Pompeii instantaneous?
  3. What happens to Pliny the Elder?
  4. Does Pliny the Elder’s nephew, Pliny the Younger, survive?
  5. How do we know so much about what happened at the eruption of Pompeii?
  6. Why are some eruptions called “Plinian eruptions”?
  7. How often can Plinian eruptions occur?
  8. When do scientists predict Mount Vesuvius will erupt again?
  9. How many bodies have archaeologists found near Pompeii from the 79 AD explosion?
  10. Had Mount Vesuvius exploded previous to the famous 79 AD explosion?
  11. Has Mount Vesuvius erupted since 79 AD?
  12. What is the “red zone” near Pompeii?  What does it signify?
  13. Do modern Italians seem worried about Mount Vesuvius exploding again?
  14. Why were there almost no human remains at Herculaneum?
  15. Why is Mount Etna not as dangerous as Mount Vesuvius?
  16. Can Volcanologists predict exactly when Mount Vesuvius will erupt?
  17. What problems do Italians face with evacuating the vicinity of Mount Vesuvius?
  18. If you were an Italian living near Mount Vesuvius, would you move away?

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