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JIM JONES/HUBRIS/AND EVIL

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

THE MEANING OF HUBRIS IS DEFINED AS...

a)

HAVING EXCESSIVE MOTIVATION

b)

HAVING EXCESSIVE PRIDE

c)

TOO MUCH GUMPTION

d)

TOO LITTLE ARROGANCE.

2.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: MORAL EVIL WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS...

a)

MURDER, RAPE, ASSAULT, ETC.

b)

CANCER, HURRICANE, EARTHQUAKE.

c)

EVIL THAT OCCURS BY THE ACTION OF SOMEONE.

d)

THE ANNIHILATION OF 6 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE HANDS OF HITLER IN WWii

3.

JIM JONES CONGREGATION WAS CALLED...

a)

THE TEMPLE OF THE DOOMED

b)

THE TEMPLE OF THE PEOPLE

c)

THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE

d)

THE JONESTOWN CONGREGATION

4.

ONE SUFFERS FROM HUBRIS BECAUSE...

a)

IT MAKES YOU VIOLENTLY ILL

b)

IT IS CONSIDERED AN INFLICTION OF THE MIND

c)

THERE IS ULTIMATELY NO CURE

d)

NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO AVOID BEING STRICKEN WITH IT.

5.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: NATURAL EVIL IS DEFINED AS...

a)

MOTHER NATURE

b)

UNCONTROLLABLE

c)

TSUNAMIS

d)

CHILD ABDUCTION

6.

JONES TOWN WAS REMOTELY LOCATED IN _____________________________IN SOUTH AMERICA.

a)

QUITA

b)

BUENOS AIRES

c)

GUYANA

d)

PERU

7.

REMOTE MEANS...

a)

A CONTROL IN WHICH TO OPERATE TVS

b)

THE REVIVAL OF FALLEN TROOPS

c)

SITUATED FAR FROM THE MAIN PARTS OF CIVILIZATION

d)

THE ABANDONMENT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE

8.

WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO ALERTED AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE HAPPENINGS IN JONESTOWN?

a)

"THE CONCERNED FAMILIES"

b)

"THE CONCERNED RELATIVES"

c)

"THE CONCERNED CALIFORNIANS"

d)

"THE CONCERNED PEOPLE"

9.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY, WHAT PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUE DID JIM JONES USE?

a)

GAS LIGHTING

b)

BANDWAGON

c)

TESTIMONIALS

d)

RED HERRING

10.

JIM JONES BELIEVED THE ACT OF REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE WAS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE...

a)

IT IS YOUR BUSINESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE.

b)

THAT TYPE OF SUICIDE IS DESIGNED TO MAKE A BROADER POINT, A POLITICAL STANCE.

c)

IT WOULD CAUSE THE BEGINNING OF A NECESSARY WAR.

11.

WHAT WAS CONGRESSMAN LEO RYAN'S ROLE IN JONESTOWN?

a)

HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND NEEDED THE PEOPLE OF JONESTOWN TO VOTE FOR HIM

b)

HE WAS INVESTIGATING THE OCCURENCES IN JONESTOWN

c)

HE WAS THE CO-FOUNDER WITH JIM JONES

d)

HE DONATED MONEY FOR THEIR CAUSE

12.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY, THE MAJORITY OF JONE'S FOLLOWERS WERE:

a)

BLACK

b)

POVERTY STRICKEN

c)

FORMER SUBSTANCE ABUSE USERS

d)

MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN

13.

IN THE FINAL RECORDING OF JIM JONES CHRISTINE BRINGS UP THE ISSUE OF...?

a)

PEACE

b)

LEAVING THE CHILDREN BEHIND

c)

RUSSIA

d)

SAN FRANCISCO

14.

JIM JONES ALREADY NEW THAT THE CONGRESSMAN AND HIS CREW WERE DEAD.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY, PEOPLE REFERRED TO JIM JONES AS...

a)

DAD

b)

GOD

c)

FATHER

d)

JESUS

16.

" I LAY MY LIFE DOWN..." IS AN EXAMPLE OF...

a)

METAPHOR

b)

SIMILE

c)

BIBLICAL ALLUSION

d)

CACOPHONY

17.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: PEOPLE DID NOT WANT PEOPLE OF JONESTOWN BURIED IN THEIR CEMETERY BECAUSE...

a)

THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM

b)

THEY VIEWED THEM AS CULT MEMBERS

c)

A STIGMA WAS ATTACHED TO THE WAY THEY DIED

d)

IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE

18.

JONESTOWN WAS NOT CONSIDERED A PARADISE BECAUSE...

a)

IT WAS IN SOUTH AMERICA

b)

IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 300 PEOPLE

c)

THERE WERE TOO MANY TREES

d)

THE FOOD WAS BAD.

19.

WHY WAS JIM JONES SO READY FOR EVERYONE TO HURRY AND DRINK THE POISON?

a)

HE WANTED EVERYONE TO GO AT THE SAME TIME

b)

HE KNEW THAT HIS TIME WAS LIMITED

c)

THE POISON WOULD LOSE ITS POTENCY AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME.

20.

SOME PEOPLE SOLD THEIR HOUSES AND ALL THEIR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS TO FINANCE JONESTOWN...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE