Exam 2: Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil

Anthropophagy refers to revulsion at eating human flesh.

The quest for power and control over the lives of others is exemplified by the case of _____, a physician and geneticist recruited into the Nazi ranks to direct the processing of concentration camp prisoners at Birkenau and Auschwitz during World War II.

A primary difference between vampires and werewolves was believed to be that vampires:

The family of this 17th-century killer robbed, murdered, and ate unsuspecting travelers.

Vlad Tepes, a Wallachian nobleman, was known as:

Satanic cults in the United States appear to have attracted a growing number of followers interested in the worship of _____.

In the late 1980s the voodoo cult in Matamoros, Mexico was heavily involved in:

In the 16th century, _____ wrote that violent, wicked men may have the opportunity to return after death as an animal, usually a wolf.

Peter Stubb/Stump was a:

In many past cultures-and in some modern ones-_____ was generally viewed as a distinct form of possession, the controlling of a human by an evil spirit.

The nature and definition of "evil" is not universal and agreed upon.

How many serial murder cases are linked directly to Satanic worship or cult-related activities?

It is believed this 15th-century killer murdered several hundred children, drank their blood and engaged in necrophilia, sometimes having the heads of his child victims stuck on upright rods.

The epitome of narcissism may well be the:

Lycanthropy refers to:

Golem syndrome refers to:

Folk lore pertaining to zombies, werewolves, vampires, etc.is found among few cultures.

In each of the cases of this killer, the victim's breasts had been mutilated and cut off with a knife or piano wire.

Most serial murderers involved in cult-related killings are found to be:

The notion of evil becomes complicated by the generally accepted belief that those who commit sins can _____ and virtually turn their lives around.