What happened at the first of November 1755 in Lisbon?

A huge and disastrous earthquake

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Chapter XV

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1What happened at the first of November 1755 in Lisbon?
1. AA terrorist attack
2. BA demonstration
3. CThe king died
4. DA huge and disastrous earthquake
2What happened to the headquaters of the Portuguese empire, the Royal Chapel and to the Opera House?
1. ARemained intact
2. BWere tottaly destroyed
3. CPartially destroyed
4. DStolen
3Who was the king that at the moment was leading Porugal?
1. AD. José I
2. BD. Sancho II
3. CD. Afonso Henriques
4. DD. Pedro de Bragança
4Who leaded the rebulding and economic process and was declaredthe prime minister by the King?
1. AMarquesa Filipa
2. BMarquês Ferreira e Silva
3. CMarquês Miguel Sampaio
4. DMarquês do Pombal
5Who applied this measure: remove the corpses and throw them into the river?
1. AD. José
2. BMarquesa do Pombal
3. CVasco da Gama
4. DSebastião Caralho e Melo
6Who was choosen by the prime minister to help with the designing process of the capital of Portugal?
1. AVoltaire
2. BPierre Limonges
3. CManuel da Maia
4. DMaria Josefa de Melo
7Who was the first name of "Praça do Comércio"?
1. ATerreiro do Paço
2. BPraça do Mercantilismo