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The Jonestown Massacre

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Read the following passage about The Jonestown Massacre (It is fairly interesting I promise). There will be 10 multiple choice questions regarding the passage. Format: Section A: Text Passage (10 min) Section A: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min) Section B: Text Passage (10 min) Section B: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min)
Joe Zhang
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Question 1

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Read the following passage about The Jonestown Massacre (It is fairly interesting I promise). There will be 10 multiple choice questions regarding the passage. Format: Section A: Text Passage (10 min) Section A: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min) Section B: Text Passage (10 min) Section B: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min)
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Part A Drinking The Kool Aid A Survivor Remembers The Jonestown Massacre (binary/octet-stream)
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  • .
  • .

Question 2

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1. Where (the country in which Jonestown is situated) did The Jonestown Massacre take place?
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  • Guinea
  • French Guyana
  • Guinea-Rousseau
  • Guyana

Question 3

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2. Approximately how many people died in The Jonestown Massacre?
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  • 200
  • 300
  • 700
  • 900

Question 4

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3. What was the name of the leader of the Christian sect responsible for The Jonestown Massacre?
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  • Jones Duncan
  • Jonas Jones
  • Jim Jones
  • Flynn Jones

Question 5

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4. What was the name of the Christian sect?
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  • People’s Temple
  • The Republic of Jonestown
  • Jim’s Republic
  • People’s Church

Question 6

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5. Against what social issue did the church leader preach against?
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  • Sexism
  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom of speech
  • Racism

Question 7

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6. Of what ethnicity was the majority of the sect’s followers?
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  • Latino-American
  • Jewish
  • African-American
  • German

Question 8

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7. For what reason did the leader of the church decide move from the United States to Jonestown in South Africa?
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  • The cult did not agree with the United States political climate at the time.
  • The cult was being investigated by the CBI for narcotic involvements, financial fraud, and socialist propaganda.
  • The cult was being accused of financial fraud and abuse and violence towards their members.
  • The cult was being shut down for having carried out a violent protest which endangered American citizens.

Question 9

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8. What is the definition of “zeitgeist”?
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  • A member of a cult
  • The major political belief of a time period
  • A German word for social majority
  • A member of a liberal Jewish Church

Question 10

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9. When did The Jonestown Massacre occur?
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  • 1897
  • 1978
  • 1946
  • 1927

Question 11

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10. Who was O’Shea in relevance to The Jonestown Massacre?
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  • She was the wife of the leader of the cult.
  • She was the sibling of a member of the cult.
  • She was a member of the cult.
  • She was a historian who spent 40 years studying The Jonestown Massacre.

Question 12

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Read the following passage about The Jonestown Massacre (It is fairly interesting I promise). There will be 10 multiple choice questions regarding the passage. Format: Section A: Text Passage (10 min) Section A: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min) Section B: Text Passage (10 min) Section B: 10 Multiple Choice Questions (10 min)
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Part B Drinking The Kool Aid A Survivor Remembers The Jonestown Massacre (2) 1 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • .

Question 13

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1. Of what ethnicity were most of Jones’ followers?
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  • Latino-American
  • German
  • African-American
  • Jewish

Question 14

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2. What was the name of the “revolutionary suicide practices” Jones carried out?
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  • White Out
  • White Night
  • Black Out
  • Black Night

Question 15

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3. Did Jim Jones carry out these “suicide practices” in:
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  • Guyana
  • Hawaii
  • Guyana and the United States
  • United States

Question 16

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4. What was played 24/7 on loudspeakers in Jonestown?
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  • The cult’s members’ worship recitals
  • The rules of the cult
  • Music
  • Jim Jones’ messages

Question 17

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5. What did Jim Jones claim was the cult’s political track?
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  • Socialism
  • Free Thinking
  • Anarchism
  • Democracy

Question 18

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6. How did Jim Jones convince his followers that Jonestown was under attack during the “suicide practices”?
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  • He played gunshot sounds on the loudspeakers throughout town.
  • He hired guards to time an explosion in the jungles.
  • He hired guards to shoot into the jungles.
  • He hired guards to shoot the members at random throughout the town.

Question 19

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7. With what poison was the Kool-Aid laced with?
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  • Arsenic
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Strychnine
  • Potassium Cyanide

Question 20

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8. What happened to those who refused to drink the Kool-Aid during the “suicide practices”?
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  • They were encouraged to follow their free-will and were allowed to return back to the living quarters.
  • They were shot by the guards surrounding Jonestown.
  • They conglomerated into a large group and fought against the guards.
  • Their names were noted on a list and brought to Jim Jones. These members were then expelled from Jonestown.

Question 21

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9. What happened to those who did not die after consuming the poisoned Kool-Aid on the day of the Jonestown Massacre?
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  • They were caught by Jonestown guards passing around with stethoscopes and shot.
  • They were left at the scene of the massacre.
  • They were caught and given a second cup of poisoned Kool-Aid.
  • They were killed with poisoned gas and their corpses were dragged into a common area, lying face down.

Question 22

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10. Who did Jim Jones order to kill first?
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  • The mothers
  • The children
  • The elderly
  • The men
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