Exploring the Future Through Art and Divination

Why do people often seek to know their future in advance?

• To avoid making any decisions

• To prepare and make informed choices

• To live in the past

• To ignore the present

Which poet wrote "The Second Coming" in 1919, a poem often associated with prophecy?

• Horace

• William Butler Yeats

• Robert Frost

• Emily Dickinson

What is the practice of predicting the future by interpreting the entrails of animals called?

• Ornithomancy

• Haruspicy

• Alectryomancy

• Pyro-osteomancy

Which of the following is a method of divination that involves reading tea leaves?

• Tasseography

• Cartomancy

• Ceromancy

• Palmistry

What is the Barnum effect?

• The tendency to see specific predictions in vague statements

• The belief that the future is predetermined

• The ability to predict the future accurately

• The practice of reading palms

Which artwork by Caravaggio is known for depicting a fortune teller?

• The Fortune Teller (c. 1595)

• Dreams of Rasputin (1968)

• Woman in a Yellow Dress (1926)

• The Second Coming (1919)

What is the main theme of the song "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff?

• The unpredictability of fate

• The joy of love

• The beauty of nature

• The power of friendship

Which ancient calendar is based on the observation of celestial bodies and is still used by farmers today?

• Aztec agricultural calendar

• Gregorian calendar

• Julian calendar

• Chinese agricultural calendar

What is the Pygmalion effect?

• The influence of high expectations on performance

• The belief in the power of dreams

• The ability to predict the future

• The practice of reading tarot cards

Which futuristic technology involves a vehicle that travels using magnetic levitation?

• Maglev

• Zeppelin

• Hyperloop

• Rocket mail