| 1. |
The earliest surviving Tarot cards date from
the: |
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| A. |
14th century; |
| B. |
15th century; |
| C. |
16th century; |
| D. |
17th century. |
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| 2. |
Tarot was invented in: |
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| A. |
Ancient Egypt; |
| B. |
Renaissance Italy; |
| C. |
Eastern Europe by the
Gypsies; |
| D. |
The preponderance
of evidence does not favor any theory. |
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| 3. |
During its first three centuries, individuals
used Tarot most often to: |
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| A. |
Play a game; |
| B. |
Practice divination or
fortune-telling; |
| C. |
Practice ceremonial magic; |
| D. |
Communicate
safely heretical ideas under the guise of a game. |
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| 4. |
All Tarot decks have: |
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| A. |
A Trump named the High
Priestess; |
| B. |
A Trump named the Fool,
which is assigned to zero. |
| C. |
A uniform system of numbering
the Trumps; |
| D. |
None of the
above. |
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| 5. |
Tarot scholar Gertrude Moakley is known for
arguing that early Tarot imagery, to a significant extent, may
owe its existence to: |
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| A. |
Pagan nature religions; |
| B. |
Traditional European carnival
processions; |
| C. |
Dante’s Divine
Comedy; |
| D. |
Hermetic
magic. |
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6. |
The creators of Tarot designed the Trumps to
correspond systematically to: |
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| A. |
The twelve signs of the
zodiac, the traditional “planets” (i.e. the Moon, Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn), and the four elements; |
| B. |
The Hebrew alphabet; |
| C. |
All of the above; |
| D. |
None of the
above. |
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| 7. |
The first individual to write that Tarot originated
among the Ancient Egyptians was: |
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| A. |
Antoine Court de Gébelin; |
| B. |
Etteilla; |
| C. |
S. L. MacGregor Mathers; |
| D. |
A. E.
Waite. |
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| 8. |
Eliphas Lévi was the first to publish: |
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| A. |
That the numeric cards
(Ace through Ten) correspond to the ten Cabalistic Sephiroth; |
| B. |
That Clubs (later called
Wands) correspond to Fire; Swords, to Air; Water, to Cups; and
Coins (later called Pentacles), to Earth; |
| C. |
An illustration of the
Chariot drawn by Egyptian-style sphinxes; |
| D. |
All of the
above. |
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| 9. |
The first Tarot deck designed solely for occult
or esoteric purposes, including divination or fortune-telling,
was: |
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| A. |
The Visconti-Sforza
Tarot; |
| B. |
Etteilla’s Tarot; |
| C. |
Lévi’s
Tarot; |
| D. |
The Rider
Tarot (The Rider Waite Tarot). |
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10. |
If a Tarot deck shows only pips or suit signs
on its numeric cards (Ace through Ten) rather than scenes it: |
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| A. |
Is The Tarot de Marseille; |
| B. |
Was designed prior to
the 20th century; |
| C. |
Is meant only for gaming
purposes; |
| D. |
None of the
above. |
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11. |
Which of the following is not true about
The Rider Tarot (The Rider Waite Tarot)? |
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| A. |
It was first published
in 1909; |
| B. |
It often departs from
the Golden Dawn’s guidelines for designing a Tarot deck; |
| C. |
It was the first Tarot
deck to include scenes on its numeric cards rather than only
pips or suit signs; |
| D. |
It includes
Christian images. |
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12. |
Which of the following is true about The
Thoth Tarot Deck? |
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| A. |
It was first published
in 1969; |
| B. |
Aleister Crowley designed
and painted it; |
| C. |
Crowley designed and Frieda
Harris painted it; |
| D. |
Crowley designed
and Pamela Colman Smith painted it. |
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13. |
In her book, Tarot for Your Self,
Mary Greer’s general approach to the cards may best
be described as: |
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| A. |
Cabalistic; |
| B. |
Intuitive and meditative; |
| C. |
Historical; |
| D. |
A comprensive
collection of divinatory meanings. |
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14. |
Which one of the following decks is not best
described as substantially influenced by The Rider Tarot? |
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| A. |
The Stairs
of Gold Tarot; |
| B. |
Hude’s Tarot; |
| C. |
The Sacred Rose Tarot; |
| D. |
The Morgan-Greer
Tarot. |
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15. |
How is James Wanless and Ken Knutson’s
Voyager Tarot (first published in 1986) different from
more traditional decks (e.g., Tarot de Marseille, The
Rider Tarot, and The Thoth Tarot)? |
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| A. |
It comprises 80 cards; |
| B. |
Its cards are round; |
| C. |
Some of its Trumps have
nontraditional names, e.g., the Empress is called the Great Mother;
and the Chariot, Victory; |
| D. |
Its suit
of Crystals replaces Swords. |
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