General Awareness: Animal Rights Movement Quiz

1. Many people consider the modern animal rights movement to have begun in 1975 with a publication by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. What book did he write?

a) The Case for Animal Rights
b) Animal Liberation
c) Animals, Men and Morality
d) Earth and Other Ethics

The correct answer is b) Animal Liberation

2. Perhaps the most radical wing of the animal rights movement started as an English group called the Band Of Mercy. Operating clandestinely, this group invades laboratories and other animal facilities to free animals and disrupt production. Who are these 'freedom fighters for animals'?

a) Earth First!
b) Animal Liberation Front
c) In Defense of Animals
d) Lynx

The correct answer is b) Animal Liberation Front

3. A controversial US animal group is often in the news for its publicity stunts for suggesting that college students would be healthier drinking beer than milk. By what acronym is this group known?

a) HSUS
b) PETA
c) IDA
d) PPF

The correct answer is b) PETA

4. What does the acronym PETA stand for?

a) Pointless Experiments Torture Animals
b) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
c) People for Ending Testing on Animals
d) People for Ending Torture of Animals

The correct answer is b) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

5. This founder of PETA is most famous for a quote from the Washington Post interview, 'A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy'. She was referring to the fact that all of these creatures are capable of feeling pain, in fact the part that was left out was, 'When it comes to feeling pain...' Taken out of context, it has been used by anti-AR spokespeople as a sign of inhumanity. Who made this statement?

a) Brigid Brophy
b) Ingrid Newkirk
c) Jenny Remfry
d) Maureen Duffy

The correct answer is b) Ingrid Newkirk
 
6. In 1981, PETA's founders participated in the case that launched the animal rights movement in America. This case, alleging cruelty and mistreatment of laboratory animals, eventually reached the Supreme Court. Who were the animals involved in this case?

a) The Gennarelli baboons
b) The Univ. of Texas cats
c) The City of Hope dogs
d) The Silver Spring monkeys

The correct answer is d) The silver spring monkeys

7. In 1984, videotape was released of yet another horrifying experiment. It showed conscious animals being operated on and mocked by lab technicians. During the film, while teasing an animal, one tech said, 'You'd better hope the anti-vivisection people don't get ahold of this'. What kind of animals were being used in this lab?

a) Baboons
b) Dogs
c) Chimpanzees
d) Cats

The correct answer is a) Baboons

8. This 1987 movie was, at first, viewed as a positive step for the animal rights movement, as it carried a strong anti-vivisection message. Later, however, allegations of animal abuse during the filming of the movie became the primary focus. Name this movie, which depicted military research on chimpanzees?

a) The Great Ape Escape
b) Monkey Business
c) Project X
d) Shock the Monkey

The correct answer is c) Project X

9. One of PETA's most famous publicity stunts, carried out in large cities throughout the world, consisted of having naked men and women parade through the streets (usually in winter weather!) holding a large banner that covered strategic portions of their anatomy. This banner read, 'I'd Rather Go Naked than...'

a) Eat Meat
b) Go Hunting
c) Wear Leather
d) Wear Fur

The correct answer is d) Wear Fur

10. In some respects, the March For The Animals, held in Washington DC, marked the beginning of a transition time in the U.S. animal rights movement.One event that will never be forgotten by participants is that Christopher Reeve (before his horseriding accident) gave a speech that called for moderation rather than abolition of animal experimentation. In what year did this march take place?

a) 1980
b) 1986
c) 1985
d) 1990

The correct answer is d)1990