ENGL179 Textual Criticism Winter 2020 1

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1. What is the scientific name for modern day humans?

a. Homo Neanderthalensis
b. !Homo Sapiens
c. Homo Erectus
d. Homo Ergaster

2. Cashmere is the wool from which kind of animal?


a. Sheep
b. Llama
c. Camel
d. !Goat

3. What is the scientific name for the quot;Polar Bearquot;?


a. Ursus Arctos
b. Polar Bear
c. !Ursus Maritimus
d. Ursus Spelaeus

4. What are rhino039;s horn made of?


a. Ivory
b. Bone
c. !Keratin
d. Skin

5. What scientific suborder does the family Hyaenidae belong to?


a. Caniformia
b. Ciconiiformes
c. !Feliformia
d. Haplorhini

6. How many known living species of hyenas are there?


a. 8
b. !4
c. 6
d. 2

7. For what reason would a spotted hyena quot;laughquot;?


a. Aggression
b. Excitement
c. !Nervousness
d. Exhaustion

8. What do you call a baby bat?


a. Kid
b. Chick
c. !Pup
d. Cub

9. The now extinct species quot;Thylacinequot; was native to where?


a. Baluchistan, Pakistan
b. !Tasmania, Australia
c. Oregon, United States
d. Wallachia, Romania

10. What dog bread is one of the oldest breeds of dog and has flourished since
before 400 BCE.
a. Bulldogs
b. Boxers
c. !Pugs
d. Chihuahua

11. What is the common term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE?
a. Weil039;s disease
b. Footandmouth disease
c. !Mad Cow disease
d. Milk fever

12. What is the name of a rabbit039;s abode?


a. Dray
b. !Burrow
c. Den
d. Nest

13. What is the collective noun for rats?


a. Pack
b. Race
c. Drift
d. !Mischief

1. Who was the Roman god of fire?


a. !Vulcan
b. Jupiter
c. Mercury
d. Apollo

2. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Artemis
b. Aphrodite
c. Athena
d. !Apollo

3. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?


a. War
b. Fire
c. Sun
d. !The Sea

4. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?


a. Apollo
b. Demeter
c. Hephaestus
d. !Dionysus

5. A minotaur is half human half what?


a. Eagle
b. !Bull
c. Cow
d. Horse

6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.


a. !False
b. True

7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?


a. Lachesis
b. !Narcissus
c. Atropos
d. Clotho

8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. !Spider
b. Monkey
c. Wild dog
d. Crocodile

9. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?


a. Moros
b. Hades
c. Tartarus
d. !Thanatos

10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. !Aristaeus
b. Autonoe
c. Cephisso
d. Carme

1. The 2010 film quot;The Social Networkquot; is a biographical drama film about
MySpace founder Tom Anderson.
a. !False
b. True

2. What is the name of the Artificial Intelligence system in the 1983 film,
quot;WarGamesquot;?
a. West Campus Analog Computer
b. !War Operation Plan Response
c. Master Control Program
d. Self Evolving Thought Helix

3. In the original script of quot;The Matrixquot;, the machines used humans as


additional computing power instead of batteries.
a. !True
b. False

4. Which of these actorsactresses is NOT a part of the cast for the 2016 movie
quot;Suicide Squadquot;?
a. Jared Leto
b. Margot Robbie
c. !Scarlett Johansson
d. Will Smith

5. What is the correct phrase for the Latin saying quot;Romanes Eunt Domusquot; in
Monty Python039;s Life of Brian?
a. Romans Go Home
b. !Romani Ite Domum
c. Roxani Ite Domum
d. Tomate Ite Domum

6. Who played Sgt. Gordon Elias in 039;Platoon039; 1986?


a. Johnny Depp
b. Charlie Sheen
c. Matt Damon
d. !Willem Dafoe

7. In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which one of the following
characters from the book was left out of the film?
a. Celeborn
b. Barliman Butterbur
c. Strider
d. !Tom Bombadil

8. Who voiced Metalbeard in quot;The Lego Moviequot;?


a. Will Arnet
b. Liam Neeson
c. !Nick Offerman
d. Morgan Freeman

9. In what year did Clint Eastwood star as Inspector Harry Callahan in the film
quot;Dirty Harryquot;?
a. 1983
b. 1975
c. 1969
d. !1971

10. Which actress portrayed Dr. Grace Augustine in the James Cameron movie
quot;Avatarquot;?
a. Melissa Beckett
b. Jessica Chastain
c. !Sigourney Weaver
d. Alyssa Monroe

11. In Finding Nemo, what was the name of Nemo039;s mom?


a. Pearl
b. Sandy
c. Shelly
d. !Coral

12. Which of the following actors has only been in a Quentin Tarantino directed
film once?
a. !John Travolta
b. Christoph Waltz
c. Harvey Keitel
d. Samuel L. Jackson

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