Relier Pairs Pliny's lettersVersion en ligne Match the question with the correct answer related to Pliny's letters we read in class. par MONTSERRAT ROVIRA SALVANS 1 Was Pliny the Elder able to escape by sea? 2 Why did Pliny the Younger and his mother leave their town? 3 Who is the writer of the letters? 4 Did the courtyard of the house where Pliny the Elder was staying got full of pumice and ash? 5 Could they see the sun or was it dark? 6 When the Sun shone again, what did they see? 7 Were people frightened of dying? 8 Why did Pliny the Elder decided to approach the cloud? Yes, it did. Because he wanted to study the phenomena from a closer distance. Because buildings were tottering and they could have been in danger. It was dark so they needed to light lamps and torches. No, he wasn't as the sea waves were too high. That everything was buried in ash like snow. Yes, they were.