Public Opinions
A total of 39 percent of people said it was _____ wrong to perform tests on animals.
A) very
B) completely
C) morally
C) morally
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
The USDA breaks down its data by three categories of ___ type
A) Pain
B) Sugar
C) Size
A) Pain
Great Britain's Cruelty to ____ Act of 1876.
A) Animals
B) Pets
C) Lizards
A) Animals
The laboratory's director, Edward Taub, was charged with more than ____ animal cruelty offenses.
A) A dozen
B) 1
C) 4
A) A dozen
The anti-testing movement began in the United States in the mid ______
A) 1960's
B) 1950's
C) 1970's
A) 1960's
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
As more people adopted pets, the anti-vivisection movement grew, primarily in _____.
England
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
A May 2013 Gallup poll found that _______ percent of Americans said medical testing on animals was morally acceptable
56
Galen was a ____ physician and ______
Roman, philosopher
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
In the year_____, a group founded the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection.
1875
In 2013, the European Union banned the import and sale of ____ products that have been tested on animals.
Cosmetic