1. A particular day in the ritual Tzolkin cycle will repeat after
[a) 30; b) 180; c) 360; d) 520] days.
Answer: d)
2. A person standing in the Moon's penumbra will see [a) a partial solar
eclipse; b) a partial lunar eclipse; c) a total lunar eclipse;
d) a total solar eclipse].
Answer: a)
3. The difference between these two Maya Long Count dates in
days: 9.2.7.11.7 and 9.2.5.7.12 is [a) 2315; b) 795; c) 235; d) 785].
Answer: b)
4. Astronomical observations at
low altitudes are affected by all of the following except [a) refraction;
b) extinction; c) magnification; d) obstacles on the horizon].
Answer: c)
5. When the Sun is at one of the equinoxes, [a) the day is longer than the
night in one hemisphere of the Earth and shorter in the other
hemisphere; b) day and night are of equal length only for people on
the equator; c) people on the equator have perpetual daylight;
d) day and night are of equal length everywhere on Earth].
Answer: d)
6. An inferior planet is [a) Saturn; b) Jupiter; c) Mercury; d) Mars].
Answer: c)
7. Which of the Moon's phases is most easily seen during the daytime?
[a) the Moon is {\it never} visible in the daylight; b) quarter; c) full; d) new].
Answer: b)
8. The time it takes the Moon to go from one node in its orbit around
the earth back to the same node is the [a) synodic; b) draconic; c) sidereal] month.
Answer: b)
9. If the Earth's spin axis were perpendicular to the Earth's orbital
plane,
then the seasons and seasonal variation
[a) would be much faster (shorter seasons), but less severe; b) would be much
less severe; c) would be much more severe; d) would be little different from the
present seasons].
Answer: b)
10. At what approximate time will the new Moon rise? [a) sunset; b) midnight; c) midday;
d) close to sunrise].
Answer: d)
11. The Dresden codex is a Maya [a) glyph decipherment scheme worked out
in Dresden; b) ritual almanac; c) book for
precise solar eclipse prediction].
Answer: b)
12. At what approximate value of the declination was the Sun on June 21
of this year? [a) 180 degrees; b) 0 degrees; c) 23.5 degrees; d) no unique value].
Answer: c)