Assignment One
Lesson One HW is due by or on June 15th, at 11:59pm HOL time. In order to submit, please send your answers to [email protected] with the Subject “Intro Divination - HW1- (HOL ID)”. At the very top of the body of your email (so above your answers), please put your HOL name, HOL ID, and house. For example, I would put “Intro Divination - HW1 - ha412″ as the subject, and would begin the body of my email with “Hailey Potter, ha412, Gryffindor”.
Please do NOT send your homework as an attachment. It will not be accepted if sent in this way!
For your assignment, you may choose any of the following options to complete. You will only get 30 points maximum for your work, so please make sure you do only 30 points worth of work! Any other work sent in will not be graded.
Option 1: Short Answer (Worth 10 points - 2 points each)
Complete sentences only please!
1. What is divination in the wizarding world?
2. Name the two types of divination in the wizarding world and explain the difference in your own words.
3. Who came to teach Divination at Hogwarts in 1995?
4. What are "seers?"
5. How many methods are studied in divination class?
Option 2: True or False (Worth 5 points - 1 point each)
If true, write true. If false, correct the statement to make it true.
1. Alexander the Great visited a seer.
2. Divination was part of the religious life in Mesoamerica.
3. Geomancy is determining energy through shapes and angles.
4. Over the years, divination has been controversial.
5. During the Middle Ages, divination was legal.
Option 3: Multiple Choice (Worth 5 points - 1 point each)
1. The centaurs believed that human divination was _________.
a. sometimes correct
b. nonsense
c. valuable
d. too advanced
2. Centaurs __________________ to predict when an event will take place.
a. use natural objects
b. use their "Inner Eye"
c. look at the sky
d. burn scents
3. _____________ culture forbids divination.
a. Jewish
b. Hindu
c. British
d. American
4. Witches and wizards gifted with divination are called ________.
a. oracles
b. fortune tellers
c. seers
d. mind-readers
5. Divination includes __________.
a. fortune telling
b. using signs
c. casting lots
d. All of the above
Option 4: Identify (Worth 10 points 1 point each)
In your own words, give me the definition for each of these methods of divination. Full sentences, please!
1. Heptomology
2. Xylomancy
3. Astrology
4. Fire Omens
5. Palmistry
6. Ovomancy
7. Dream Interpretation
8. Cartomancy
9. Crystal Gazing
10. Chinese Fortune Sticks
Option 5: Research (Worth 20 points)
In the lesson, I mentioned the "Hall of Prophecy." Tell me in 200 words minimum where it is, what it's doing there, why it's used, what took place there, and what it has to do with divination. You must write 200 words for the full 20 points.
Please do NOT send your homework as an attachment. It will not be accepted if sent in this way!
For your assignment, you may choose any of the following options to complete. You will only get 30 points maximum for your work, so please make sure you do only 30 points worth of work! Any other work sent in will not be graded.
Option 1: Short Answer (Worth 10 points - 2 points each)
Complete sentences only please!
1. What is divination in the wizarding world?
2. Name the two types of divination in the wizarding world and explain the difference in your own words.
3. Who came to teach Divination at Hogwarts in 1995?
4. What are "seers?"
5. How many methods are studied in divination class?
Option 2: True or False (Worth 5 points - 1 point each)
If true, write true. If false, correct the statement to make it true.
1. Alexander the Great visited a seer.
2. Divination was part of the religious life in Mesoamerica.
3. Geomancy is determining energy through shapes and angles.
4. Over the years, divination has been controversial.
5. During the Middle Ages, divination was legal.
Option 3: Multiple Choice (Worth 5 points - 1 point each)
1. The centaurs believed that human divination was _________.
a. sometimes correct
b. nonsense
c. valuable
d. too advanced
2. Centaurs __________________ to predict when an event will take place.
a. use natural objects
b. use their "Inner Eye"
c. look at the sky
d. burn scents
3. _____________ culture forbids divination.
a. Jewish
b. Hindu
c. British
d. American
4. Witches and wizards gifted with divination are called ________.
a. oracles
b. fortune tellers
c. seers
d. mind-readers
5. Divination includes __________.
a. fortune telling
b. using signs
c. casting lots
d. All of the above
Option 4: Identify (Worth 10 points 1 point each)
In your own words, give me the definition for each of these methods of divination. Full sentences, please!
1. Heptomology
2. Xylomancy
3. Astrology
4. Fire Omens
5. Palmistry
6. Ovomancy
7. Dream Interpretation
8. Cartomancy
9. Crystal Gazing
10. Chinese Fortune Sticks
Option 5: Research (Worth 20 points)
In the lesson, I mentioned the "Hall of Prophecy." Tell me in 200 words minimum where it is, what it's doing there, why it's used, what took place there, and what it has to do with divination. You must write 200 words for the full 20 points.