WSC 2025-In Futurity Someone Prophetic Sees

Who was Nostradamus?

• A famous magician

• A French astrologer who wrote poems predicting the future

• A king of France

• A scientist who studied stars

What is the name of Nostradamus’s famous book?

• Les Croissants

• Les Poèmes

• Les Propheties

• Les Machines

Why do some people doubt Nostradamus’s predictions?

• His book is missing

• He used fake names

• Some believe people only think he was right after events happen

• He never finished his book

What does “confirmation bias” mean in this context?

• A special kind of prediction

• Believing something is true because you want it to be

• Reading the future in stars

• Telling someone they are right no matter what

Why might people want to know their future?

• To win the lottery

• To avoid making mistakes

• To stop studying history

• To become famous

What does “Carpe diem” mean?

• Trust the stars

• Tell the future

• Seize the day

• Sleep all day

In Horace’s poem, what does he suggest people should focus on?

• Tomorrow

• History

• The present

• The future

What is an “ode”?

• A short story

• A poem that praises someone or something

• A magical spell

• A letter to the future

In Yeats' “The Second Coming,” what does “gyre” mean?

• A type of dance

• A time period or cycle in history

• A planet

• A magic word

What is the “Second Coming” a reference to?

• A spaceship

• A royal visit

• Jesus returning to Earth

• A second birthday