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