Mass Hysteria Quiz

What was the name given to the laughing plague by the locals?

• The disease of hysteria

• The illness of laughing

• The laughing contagion

• The hysteria epidemic

What is the scientific term for a group of people suddenly coming down with the same illness without any external cause?

• Hysterical Epidemic

• Mass Hysteria

• Infectious Outbreak

• Psychological Contagion

What was the leading theory behind the laughing plague outbreak?

• Stress

• Virus in the brain

• Toxin inhalation

• Hypnotic influence

What was the conclusion of the U.S. Public Health Service about the 'June Bug' outbreak in the textile factory?

• Hysterical contagion

• Toxic exposure

• Viral infection

• Bacterial contamination

What did the Thai doctor conclude about the mass hysteria in the school in Thailand?

• Toxic exposure

• Viral outbreak

• Mass psychogenic illness

• Bacterial contamination

What did the psychologist Robert Bartholomew suggest about the occurrence of mass hysteria in schools?

• It happens in schools with high academic pressure

• It happens in schools with low teacher-student ratio

• It happens in religiously devout or very conservative schools

• It happens in schools with poor hygiene

What did the news report describe about the mass hysteria in a Singapore school in 1979?

• Some exhibited zombie-like behavior

• Some danced uncontrollably

• Some experienced seizures and muscle spasms

• Some cried, shivered, and started eating the grass and empty glasses

What did the psychiatrist say about the symptoms experienced during mass hysteria?

• The symptoms are real and often attributed to a medical condition

• The symptoms are fake and not attributed to any medical condition

• The symptoms are caused by a bacterial contamination

• The symptoms are caused by a viral infection

What did the scientist say about the improbability of the laughing plague being purely psychological?

• It is probable that a purely psychological mass reaction would be so contagious

• It is improbable that a purely psychological mass reaction would last so long and be so widespread

• It is improbable that a purely psychological mass reaction would be so contagious

• It is probable that a purely psychological mass reaction would last so long and be so widespread

What did the students at the Christian school in Tanganyika complain about before the laughing plague outbreak?

• They felt stressed out about the academic pressure

• They felt stressed out about the lack of extracurricular activities

• They felt stressed out about the school rules

• They felt stressed out about all the changes going on around them