In Futurity, Someone Prophetic Sees: Divination Techniques Quiz

What is the term for the specific messages sent by the god/gods in divination?

• Divination

• Prophecy

• Omen

• Oracle

Which divination technique involves the inspection of animal entrails?

• Ornithomancy

• Haruspicy

• Alectryomancy

• Pyro-osteomancy

What is the practice of reading omens from the actions of birds called?

• Ceromancy

• Ornithomancy

• Hydromancy

• Astrology

Which form of divination uses bones of freshly slaughtered animals?

• Pyro-osteomancy

• Astragalomancy

• Scyphomancy

• Oneiromancy

What is the method of divination that interprets patterns in tea leaves called?

• Tasseography

• Cartomancy

• Palmistry

• Bibliomancy

Which divination technique involves the use of a book to predict the future?

• Ceromancy

• Astrology

• Bibliomancy

• Hydromancy

What is the term for a person or thing that provides prophetic predictions?

• Fortune Teller

• Oracle

• Soothsayer

• Shaman

Which divination method uses a cup or goblet to forecast the future?

• Ceromancy

• Scyphomancy

• Alectryomancy

• Hydromancy

What is the practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm called?

• Cartomancy

• Tasseography

• Palmistry

• Physiognomy

Which divination technique involves the use of dice marked with letters or numbers?

• Oneiromancy

• Ornithomancy

• Haruspicy

• Astragalomancy