ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC

(e.g., How many animals are represented on the Chinese zodiac? Answer: Twelve.)

Freshman level

1. What is the only animal that is fictitious?

2. Which animal has a two-letter name?

3. What is the only reptile represented?

Graduate level

4. What is the only bird in the calendar?

5. In “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” she falls through a hole made by this animal.

6. Identify the large, solid-hoofed mammal.

Ph.D. level

7. What are the three animals with three-letter names?

8. Which animal is a simian?

9. What animal is the subject of a famous poem by William Blake?

Answers: 1. Dragon. 2. Ox. 3. Snake. 4. Rooster. 5. Rabbit. 6. Horse. 7. Rat, dog, pig. 8. Monkey. 9. Tiger (“The Tyger”).

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