The Springfest MMIV’s Tour d’Etruria Contest

Author Tanaquil Sergius
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1. The highest god of the Etruscans, the god of the heavens is called in Etruscan:
   A)  Jove
   B)  Cilen
   C)  Tin
   D)  Tiu
   E) Maru

2. The Etruscan centre of knowledge and religion was, according to ancient history records, the city of
   A)  Rome
   B)  Vulci
   C)  Veii
   D)  Clusium
   E) Caere

3. The Etruscan set of moral and dogmatic laws and rules concerning religion and the gods is called in Latin:
   A)  Leges Deorum
   B)  Leges XII Tabularum
   C)  Facta Etrusca
   D)  Disciplina Etrusca
   E) Ars Haruspicina

4. A bronze sheep's liver, containing incisions dealing with the Etruscan relgious macro- and microcosmos, dated 2nd century B.C., was found in:
   A)  Nurcia
   B)  Veii
   C)  Piacenza
   D)  Rome
   E) Florence

5. The famous Etruscan noble warlord, who fought with his men in aid of Romulus in his battle against the king Tatius, is called, according to Varro:
   A)  Mamurce Circsena
   B)  Vipsanius Agrippa
   C)  Larth Pursena
   D)  Caele Vibenna
   E) Maecenas

6. The Etruscan goddess, compared to Roman Venus, is called
   A)  Laran
   B)  Turan
   C)  Catha
   D)  Uni
   E) Thesan

7. Until this day, the most astonishing achievement of the Etruscans is considered to be
   A)  the filigrain gold jewelry
   B)  the ability to make iron weapons and tools
   C)  the fact that Etruscan upper class married couples mostly had an "open" relationship
   D)  the ability to make dentistry work, like bridges and false teeth
   E) the ability to read the will of the gods through signs of nature

8. Near this Italian town, the foundations of a 5th century BC Etruscan city were found:
   A)  Lecce
   B)  Marzabotto
   C)  Nepi
   D)  Gravisca
   E) Civitavecchia

9. The family name of "Tarquinius" (as was the name of two legendary Roman kings) has been stated as a true Etruscan family name ("Tarchunies") through
   A)  the finding of this name in an Etruscan linen book
   B)  tradition
   C)  the name "Tarchunies" on a pot sherd
   D)  a statement by the Roman historian Livius
   E) the mentioning of the name "Tarchunies" in an inscription on a painted wall in a tomb in Vulci

10. From which culture was the art of Etruscan divination by the studying of animal entrails derived?
   A)  Egyptian culture
   B)  Roman culture
   C)  Celtic and Germanic cultures
   D)  Babylonian and Greek cultures
   E) African cultures