Pompeii quiz

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Who recorded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pliny the Younger
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Who was Pliny the Younger staying with?
Pliny the Older
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Who appeared on the excavation scene in the 19th century and brought a more scientific approach o the excavation of Pompeii
Giuseppe Fiorelli
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What is the name of the main entrance room to the house?
The atrium
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What is the name of the water storage system in the Atrium?
The impluvium
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What is the name of the main study?
The tablinum
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What is the name of the colonnaded garden?
The peristylium
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What is the name of the household shrine?
Lararium
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What is the nam of the entrance corridor
Fauces
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What is the name of the side room?
Ala
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What is the name of the kitchen?
Culina
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What is the name of the dining room?
Triclinium
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What is the name of the reception room?
Oecus
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What is the name of the bedroom?
Cubiculum
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Who were the freedmen who acquired great wealth?
The Vetti brothers
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