ASTR138 Example 9
ASTR138 Example 9
ASTR138 Example 9
a. Motion
b. Trackers
c. Constellation
d. !Lighthouse
3. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone uses tone dialing to dial phone
numbers.
a. True
b. !False
2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Zeus
b. !Apollo
c. Athena
d. Demeter
4. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. True
b. !False
5. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Odin
c. Ymir
d. Bragi
7. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
10. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. !Spider
b. Crocodile
c. Wild dog
d. Monkey
11. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Nasu
c. Soba
d. Kabocha
13. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Artemis
b. Hades
c. !Eris
d. Ares
4. Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein039;s 1957 Brodway musical West Side
Story?
a. Oscar Hammerstein
b. !Stephen Sondheim
c. Richard Rodgers
d. Himself
6. In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches039; cauldron?
a. Humans
b. Squids
c. Sharks
d. !Newts
9. Which Shakespeare play features the stage direction quot;Enter a messenger, with
two heads and a handquot;?
a. Othello
b. Macbeth
c. King Lear
d. !Titus Andronicus