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Quiz 8

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Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.

1. If an archaeologist uses the word "ostraka," he or she is talking about:
a. someone who has been banished from a dig
b. a player on the Greek national soccer team
c. broken pieces of pottery
d. a tool used to unearth artifacts
e. an award given at the ancient Greek Olympic Games


2. How much of the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur known as "Sue" was found in 1990?
a. 90 percent
b. 100 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 75 percent
e. not enough to write a dig story about it


3. In A.D. 79, the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano called:
a. Mt. Olympus
b. Mt. Everest
c. Mt. Vesuvius
d. Mt. Rushmore
e. Mt. Italy


4. The other city that was buried by the volcano in A.D. 79 besides Pompeii was called:
a. Rome
b. Cubiculum
c. Herculaneum
d. Triclinium
e. New York


5. Which musical instrument could not have been played before the twentieth century?
a. Electric guitar
b. Flute
c. Harp
d. Trumpet
e. Organ
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