Public Opinions
Early History
Regulations
Animal Testing In The 1800s And Early 1900s
The Modern Debate
100

A total of 39 percent of people said it was _____ wrong to perform tests on animals.

A) very

B) completely

C) morally

C) morally

100

In the 2nd century, the Roman physician and philosopher Galen _____ living animals to see how living organisms worked.

A) Dissected
B) Injected
C) Ordered

A) Dissected

100

The USDA breaks down its data by three categories of ___ type

A) Pain

B) Sugar

C) Size

A) Pain

100

Great Britain's Cruelty to ____ Act of 1876.

A) Animals

B) Pets

C) Lizards

A) Animals

100

The laboratory's director, Edward Taub, was charged with more than  ____ animal cruelty offenses.

A) A dozen

B) 1

C) 4 

A) A dozen

200

The anti-testing movement began in the United States in the mid ______

A) 1960's

B) 1950's

C) 1970's

A) 1960's

200

Galen's theories of medicine, which were based on his experimentation, were used throughout  ____ for ____ centuries.

A) Mumbai, 12

B) Europe, 15

C) Europe, 17

B) Europe, 15

200

It requires that before they can be tested on people, the drug companies must test them on at least ___ species of animals to determine if they are safe.

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

B) 2

200

 The Three Rs for using animals in research humanely are _____

A) Refine, Reduce, Replace

B) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

C) Replacement, Refinement, Reduction

C) Replacement, Refinement, Reduction

200

In 1981, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activist worked _____ at the Institute for Biological Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. 

A) Together

B) Undercover

C) Secretly

B) Undercover

300

A total of  _____ of people aged ______ say that animal testing is morally acceptable.

A) 52%, 20-35

B) 33%, 19-24

C) 47%, 18-34

C) 47%, 18-34

300

In the 17th century, English physician _____ experimented on living animals and discovered that the heart, not the ____, circulated blood throughout the body.

A) Joseph Hancock, stomach

B) Henry Blake, liver

C) William Harvey, lungs

C) William Harvey, lungs

300

The AWA defines "animal" as any ______ dog, cat, monkey, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or such other________

A) live or dead, warm-blooded animal

B) dead or alive, cold-blooded animal

C) moving or still, bloody animal

A) live or dead, warm-blooded animal

300

In 1865, French physiologist _____ argued that experimenting on animals was ethical, because it benefited medicine and extended human life.

A) Pierre Dubois

B) Claude Bernard

C) Jacques Rousseau

B) Claude Bernard

300

A ___ report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences called for a ____ in the use of animal testing.

A) 2005, rise

B) 2017, growth

C) 2007, reduction

C) 2007, reduction


400

A Sports Illustrated story about _____, a pet dalmatian that was kidnapped and _____ into experimentation.

A) Pepper, sold

B) Pepper, bought

C) Salt, put

A) Pepper, sold

400

Descriptions of ______, the dissection of live animals, have been found in ancient Greek writings from as early as_____

A) C-section, 300 B.C.

B) Vivisection, 500 B.C.

C) Livisection,  400 B.C.

B) Vivisection, 500 B.C.

400

Animal testing in the United States is regulated by the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which was passed in ____

A) 1966

B) 1994

C) 1996

A) 1966

400

As more people adopted pets, the anti-vivisection movement grew, primarily in _____.

England

400

In 1975, _____ philosopher Peter Singer published "Animal Liberation," which said that "speciesism" — the assumption that humans are superior to other species — was similar to racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice.

Australian

500

A May 2013 Gallup poll found that _______ percent of Americans said medical testing on animals was morally acceptable

56

500

Galen was a ____ physician and ______

Roman, philosopher 

500

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that in 2010, _____ animals were used for testing

A) 1,133,694

B) 1,134,694

C) 1,134,693

C) 1,134,693

500

In the year_____, a group founded the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection.

1875

500

In 2013, the European Union banned the import and sale of ____ products that have been tested on animals.

Cosmetic

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