Humanities 101: Quiz 29 (November 7, 2022)

For some of the following questions, more than one choice might be correct, i.e., accurately reflect some aspect of the texts we are studying. In those cases the value of the responses may range from one to three points. You will receive credit for selecting any of the correct answers but to receive a perfect score of fifteen for the quiz, you will have to select the answers that most fully or accurately completes the sentence and captures the significance of the question.

Name

Hana (played by Juliette Binoche) considers herself cursed because

The story of Gyges, which Katharine Clifton tells around the campfire in the desert, refers to

The following passage from Herodotus refers to

The neighbours of the Nasamones are the Psylli – but they no longer exist. There is a story which I repeat as the Libyans tell it: that the south wind dried up the water in their storage tanks, so that they were left with none whatever, as their territory lies wholly within the Syrtis. Upon this they held a council, and having unanimously decided to declare war on the south wind, they marched out to the desert, where the wind blew and buried them in sand. The whole tribe was wiped out, and the Nasamones occupied their former domain.

Caravaggio, aka Moose, is hunting the English Patient because

Katharine Clifton and László Almásy most hated respectively