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Harry Potter and the Storm of Controversy

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Introduction:
"Not everyone loves Harry Potter. The series of books about the young wizard has sparked protests, bans, and bizarre behavior. Learn more about the fascinating controversy."


1. What group, in particular, has been most critical of the Harry Potter books?
    Teachers
    Wiccans
    Fundamentalist Christians
    Librarians


2. What is the objection that anti-Harry Potter groups have to the books?
    They promote witchcraft
    All of these
    They are too violent
    They teach children to disrespect authority


3. According to the American Library Association, how many challenges against the Harry Potter books were received by public libraries in 2000?
    5
    646
    37
    159


4. In 1999, the Zeeland, Michigan public schools placed restrictions on Harry Potter. Which was not one of the restrictions?
    Books were removed from the library shelves
    Children needed written parental permission to check the books out
    Teachers could not read the books to students
    Children could not bring Harry Potter toys or lunchboxes to school


5. In 2000, eight groups with an interest in freedom to read (The Freedom to Read Foundation, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Children's Book Council, the Association of Booksellers for Children, the National Coalition Against Censorship and PEN American Center), banded together to form an association devoted to countering the anti-Harry Potter hysteria. What was this group called?
    Friends of Harry Potter
    Muggles for Harry Potter
    Save Harry Potter Now!
    Readers for Tolerance


6. Which is not a book written about Harry Potter?
    Harry Potter- Spawn of Satan
    What’s a Christian to Do with Harry Potter?
    Harry Potter and the Bible
    Pokemon and Harry Potter- A Fatal Attraction


7. A group called "Family Friendly Libraries" has mounted a campaign against the Potter books in public schools. What is not one of their claims?
    Harry Potter encourages children to try drugs
    Harry escapes real life by dwelling in a fantasy world
    Potter books in the classroom violate the separation of church and state
    Harry Potter books promote racism


8. What children’s author penned “Is Harry Potter Evil?” for the New York Times, in which she wrote, “At the rate we're going, I can imagine next year's headline: " 'Goodnight Moon' Banned for Encouraging Children to Communicate With Furniture." And we all know where that can lead, don't we?”
    Judy Blume
    Beverly Cleary
    Lemony Snicket
    Eoin Colfer


9. What choice of filming site for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone prompted Derek and Paula Clare to plan a protest?
    Canterbury Cathedral
    Oxford University
    Alnwick Castle
    Gloucester Cathedral


10. In what U.S. state did the state Baptist Convention pass a resolution calling on church members to protest the sale of Harry Potter books?
    Kentucky
    Missouri
    Arkansas
    Georgia


11. What is the title of the video, produced by Robert S. McGee and Caryl Matrisciana, which warns that Harry Potter’s scar is actually a swastika and that the broomsticks used in Quidditch are phallic symbols?
    Harry Potter- Witchcraft Repackaged
    Harry Potter and the Friendship of Satan
    Evil at Hogwarts- Conspiracy Against Children
    Children at Risk!- Harry Potter


12. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the popular Left Behind series, thinks that the Harry Potter books are evil.
    True
    False


13. In 2002, in Penryn, Pennsylvania, what group refused to direct traffic at a YMCA triathlon because the Y’s after-school program included reading Harry Potter books to children?
    The YWCA
    The Volunteer Firemen's Association
    The fire police
    The city council


14. A website called The Cutting Edge, maintained by Cutting Edge Ministries, sells anti-Harry Potter books and videos and has many anti-Potter essays. One of these is titled “Book Covers Of Two Harry Potter Books Display Occult Symbols of Antichrist!” What is the symbol that they are referring to?
    A dragon
    A broomstick
    A unicorn
    A cauldron


15. In 2000, an anti-Potter email message, claiming that reading Harry Potter books caused children to dabble in Satanism, made the rounds worldwide, forwarded by Christians. Like most such emails, this one was a hoax- the senders didn’t realize that it wasn’t a real story about Harry Potter; it was a spoof from a satirical website. Which website?
    National Lampoon
    Mad Magazine
    Dribbleglass.com
    The Onion


16. Reverend Lori Jo Scheppers, a counselor for troubled youth, told CNN News that she was afraid that Harry Potter readers would become something. What was that?
    Defiant youth
    Witches
    Mass murderers
    Schizophrenics


17. J. K. Rowling received a complaint about her books from the British Royal Family.
    True
    False


18. The chief exorcist of Rome spoke out against Harry Potter.
    True
    False


19. Rev. Robert Frisken, the head of Christian Community Schools Ltd, a coalition of over 100 Christian schools in Australia, wanted what modification to the Harry Potter books?
    Warning stickers
    Removal of all references to real witches
    Blank covers
    Removal from store shelves- sold only "behind the counter"


20. Wiccans have praised the Harry Potter books as accurate depictions of their faith and beliefs.
    True
    False


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