The Titanic Tragedy Comprehension Questions

The White Star Line was founded in: 1845 1891 1907 1908 At which of the following places did the Titanic not pick up passengers? Queenstown New York Southampton Cherbourg Why did the author include photographs of first and third class staterooms? to show you how tiny the third class staterooms were to show you how luxurious the first class staterooms were to show you the differences between the first and third class staterooms to encourage you to ride on a ship like the Titanic What was the main problem with the lifeboats? There wasn't enough time to load all the passengers efore the ship sank The life boats were lowered with too many passengers on board so many of them capsized The lifeboats couldn't hold more than 50 passengers in each There weren't enough lifeboats for the number of passengers onboard Who spotted the iceberg? Captain Edward Smith Fredrick Fleet J. Bruce Ismay First Officer William Murdoch Which of the following is not a good subheading for the section "The Titanic Sinks"? "A Tragedy Occurs" "Into the Waters" "The Carpathia Helps" "The Ship Sinks" Which detail from the text best supports the idea that the White Star Line was in some way responsible for the loss of passengers? There were not enough lifeboats on board for all of the passengers The Carpathia was too far away to rescue the Titanic in time Captain Smith ordered that the TItanic proceed at full speed despite the iceberg warnings Many passengers ignored the warnings to report to deck Which of the following statements about the fate of the Titanic's passengers is true? Most of the passengers bought second class tickets First class passengers were more likely to have survived the sinking than second or third class passengers Most of those who survived were third class passengers Second class passengers were more likely to have died than first class passengers What is the main idea of the section "Aftermath"? J. Bruce Ismay rescued himself instead of helping women and children In response to public outcry over the Titanic tragedy, some laws were changed and new laws were passed The public was outraged The US Coast Guard formed the International Ice Patrol What was the author's purpose for writing "The Titanic Tragedy"? to persuade readers to use caution when sailing the Atlantic Ocean to describe what it was like to ride on the Titanic to inform readers about the Titanic and what happened to the ship to explain to readers how to survive a ship's sinking