Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  prostitution
B)  drug smuggling
C)  child pornography
D)  collecting body parts to use as spells to change men into animals B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  could never really be destroyed
B)  were sexually involved with their victims
C)  killed only women
D)  usually kill in groups whereas werewolves hunt alone B

Question 3

Which of the following crimes would most likely be a "crime of passion?"

Accepted Answer

A)  mass murder of all adults and children having lunch at McDonalds
B)  serial murder of children who are found alone in parks
C)  murdering a female teller while robbing a bank
D)  murdering your ex-spouse D

Question 4

This killer was a college graduate and once worked as a fishing guide and security guard.He later became a police officer who had a fantasy for taking young women into the woods and hanging them.

Accepted Answer

A)  Harold Shipman
B)  Gerard Schaefer
C)  Orville Majors
D)  Martin Bryant

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  self-styled Satanists
B)  officers in the Church of Satan
C)  advanced in their Satanic work
D)  tattooed with the number 666

Question 6

This 1486 text was the first encyclopedia of demonology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hammer of the Gods
B)  Novus Ordo Seclorum
C)  Malleus Maleficarum
D)  Necronomicon

Question 7

Satanic cults do not provide a large population of serial killers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Satanic Bible was written by _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gore Vidal
B)  David Abrahamsen
C)  Gilles de Rais
D)  Anton LaVey

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  About half
B)  23 percent
C)  less than 5 percent
D)  None

Question 10

Lycanthropy refers to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  sacrificing of small animals to ward off evil spirits
B)  the stoning of people believed to be possessed by evil spirits
C)  the transformation of human beings into wolves
D)  medical procedure to exorcise evil spirits

Question 11

Anton LaVey was _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the earliest Dracula recorded in Germany
B)  founder of voodoo in America
C)  also known as the angel of death
D)  founder of the Church of Satan

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Satanic cults in the United States appear...

Question 13

Erich Fromm considered evil a process and not a state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In this 1984 case in California, seven people were accused of the ritualistic torture of children.After the longest trial in the U.S.history, the key suspects were acquitted.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Manhattan Beach preschool case
B)  the Annewakee preschool case
C)  the McMartin preschool case
D)  the Matamoros preschool case

Question 15

This is another name for golem.

Accepted Answer

A)  zombie
B)  vampire
C)  robot
D)  mental defect

Question 16

Who was Josef Mengele?

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina's most prolific serial killer
B)  a notorious guard in Auschwitz who killed hundreds of people
C)  an aspiring geneticist who conducted identical twin research for the Nazis
D)  the only Jew to survive the Nazi attack on the Warsaw Ghetto

Question 17

What may well be the epitome of narcissism?

Accepted Answer

A)  total domination of oneself
B)  eventual act of self-destruction
C)  total domination of others
D)  sum total of personality disorders

Question 18

This idea is intangible and unmeasurable and is often used as a misnomer for inappropriate behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  good
B)  insanity
C)  guilt
D)  evil

Question 19

Both these and vampire cults have links to satanic and/or cult murders.

Accepted Answer

A)  Saturn death cults
B)  Jupiter II death cults
C)  Mars death cults
D)  Terran death cults

Question 20

This 15th century figure was known as "Drakul" (Dragon).He was particularly known to be a vicious and depraved sadist who enjoyed torturing and murdering peasants who lived within his jurisdiction.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivan the Great
B)  Jack the Ripper
C)  Bram Stoker
D)  Vlad Tepes

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