Answers To: That Which We Call A Rose

By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway
© Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved

  1. C. Her image also appears on French coinage.

  2. True. Variations of the name Jane exist in many languages.

  3. A. Chinese names are presented in the opposite order from Western names. If her name is Li Chu Chin, Li is her surname and Chin is her first name.

  4. True. The mnemonic device is "E is for hEr (FrancEs) and I is for him(FrancIs)."

  5. True. The term binti (somtimes spelled "binty" or "binte" in English) means "daughter of."

  6. True This siren lured sailors on the Rhone River rather than in the Mediterranean.

  7. True. Japanese women traditionally used a highly deferential form of the language called nyobo kotoba.

  8. A. This week falls in late July.

  9. False. Sheila is the most common term for a woman. Margaret is an Australian surfing term for a big wave.

  10. B. On the same night, children often dress up as old people called befani and go door to door collecting treats.