Whispers in the Dark

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1. Which American president was known to have participated in seances in the White House? William McKinley James Garfield Abraham Lincoln John F. Kennedy

2. Seances were a prominent part of which belief system or religion? Spiritualism Mormonism Reincarnation Scientology

3. Many seances made use of which of the following apparatus? Ferns Ouija boards Tarot cards Arsenic

4. Which of the following was a group of scholars famous for their study (1884-1887) which debunked the practice of seances? The Seybert Commission The Warren Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Royal Commission on Spiritualism

5. What was the term for communication with spirits that consisted of the medium, while in a trance, writing notes that were purportedly messages from those who had passed away? Mirror writing Automatic writing Cursive writing Ghost writing

6. Which of the following new inventions was used extensively by Spiritualists and mediums as proof of life after death? Radio Radar Photography Electric motors

7. Which sly sisters were very successful and prominent mediums for many years before publicly confessing that it was all a hoax? The Baer sisters The Fox sisters The Wolfe sisters The Swann sisters

8. What was the name given to the substance that was sometimes produced from the body of a medium while they were in a trance while making contact with spirits? Ectoplasm Endoplasm Neoplasm Nanoplasm

9. In 1921, Spiritualist Thomas Lyn Bradford committed suicide in an attempt to prove the authenticity of communication with the afterlife. True False

10. Spiritualism died out with the outbreak of WWII and the use of the atomic bomb. True False