How Much Of A Cult Is It? by Anna K

I am definitely not a professional. This quiz is for a project I'm doing on cults and is not to be taken seriously. It is just meant to illustrate the signs of cult-like behavior.

It is not a statistically accurate quiz either. The results are not the true probability that a group is a cult, just the percentage that the group seems like a cult. I got a lot of the information prompting these questions from the International Cultic Studies Association, but I am not affiliated with them at all. A lot of the questions were also based on the research of Margaret Singer.

Created by: Anna
  1. Is there a clear one person that is the subject of the group's devotion?
  2. Is there a clear idea or group of people that is the subject of the group's devotion?
  3. Are members exploited for the gain of those who are leading? (This could include members' money, bodies, abilities, etc.)
  4. Does this group "attempt to better the lives of members and often, nonmembers"?
  5. Can the background and purpose of the leader(s) be clearly and accurately described?
  6. Are members expected to donate most of their time to the group and/or leader?
  7. Is the ideology of the group up for discussion and open to controversy?
  8. Does the group use constant guided meditation and chanting?
  9. Does the leader expect the members to unload possible past trauma and childhood issues?
  10. Is the ideology composed of "black and white, simplistic reasoning"?
  11. Do members grow dependent and fear losing the group? In other words, are members afraid of being kicked out of the group?
  12. Do members have drastically different behavior than before they were members? Almost as if they were a whole new person?
  13. Are members influenced to move to a different location?
  14. Are members discouraged to talk to their family members and friends who are not members?

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