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The Tragedy of the Cult at Jonestown

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Introduction:
"The events that took place at Jonestown helped shape society's definition of a cult- this is my tribute to those that died."


1. It is generally accepted that how may died on the day of the massacre at Jonestown?
    212
    578
    305
    918


2. In what South American nation was Jonestown located?
    Brazil
    Venezuela
    Suriname
    Guyana


3. Who was the leader of the cult?
    Stephen Jones
    John Stoen
    Kimo Prokes
    Jim Jones


4. What religious organization did the people of Jonestown consider themselves members of?
    The Unificationist Movement
    The United People
    The People's Temple
    The Branch Davidians


5. The poison that most died from ingesting at Jonestown that day was:
    arsenic
    sarin
    strychnine
    cyanide


6. The day the tragedy occured was:
    November 18, 1978
    April 7, 1980
    January 18, 1979
    December 20, 1981


7. The name of the congressman that went to Jonestown at the behest of the Concerned Relatives, and was subsequently murdered on an airstrip outside of the compound before he was able leave with defectors was:
    Randall William
    Joel Piazza
    Leo Ryan
    Ryan O'Neil


8. The only discernable, dissenting voice that argued against mass suicide with the cult's leader on the only known recording of the event, commonly called the "death tape," was that of:
    Marceline Jones
    Rondell Carroll
    Leo Ryan
    Christine Miller


9. Though it is fairly obvious that a high percentage were murdered, including a third of their population that were children, many of those that died did in fact willingly participate in the mass suicide. Why?
    All of these reasons
    They believed that the US government was conspiring to take their children due to their socialist and communist beliefs, and ultimately because some of their members murdered the congressman.
    They considered it "Revolutionary Suicide" committed in protest of an inhuman and prejudiced world
    Their leader told them this was the only way they would ever have peace


10. The leader of the cult died in the same way that his followers did.
    True
    False


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