Titanic Reading Comprehension

This is for my extended essay. It is a reading comprehension test. for the reading passage please read it within 2 minutes time span. It is important that you do so. Thanks.

so please take the test. it could be a bit difficult but its worth the try it out. I am sure you will all do well. If you have any questions you can e-mail me.

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1. The Titanic was completed at a cost of:
$10 000 000
$20 000 000
$100 000 000
2. The sister ship of the Titanic was:
The Delaware
The White Star
The Olympic
3. Which one of the following is correct?
The Titanic measured 175 feet from keel to funnel
The mass of the Titanic was 48 532 tons
The Titanic was 850 feet long
4. The human capactiy of the Titanic was:
2500 passengers and 860 crew
2800 passengers and 430 crew
2200 passengers and 650 crew
5. Each link in the anchor chain weighed:
15.5 tons
175 pounds
270 pounds
6. The most expensive suites on the Titanic sold for:
$6250
$4350
$2300
7. The suites were situated:
Forward on the ship
Amidships
Aft or rear
8. Each reciprocating kind of engine could deliver
16000 horse power at 175 revolutions per minute
18000 horse power at 165 revolutions per minute
15000 horse power at 75 revolutions per minute
9. Which of the following statements is correct?
All four funnels were connected to the engine room
Three funnels were connected to the engine room and the forth was used to ventilate the ship
Two funnels were connected to the engines and two were connected to the coal furnaces
10. Which statement best describes the boilers on the Titanic?
There were 24 double-end and 5 single-end boilers
The larger boilers had 4 fires under each, the smaller boilers had 2 fires
The boilers were heated by burning oil

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