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Please CIRCLE the answers:

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Age: Under 18 years old 18-25 25-30 30-40 40-50 over 50

Gender: Masculine Feminine

Social Status: Low Middle High

Educational background: none primary secondary tertiary

How would you react in the following situations?

1.A black cat is headed in your direction. You

Say” what a day!"

Let it cross your path

Start saying "here kitty, kitty"

2.You drop a mirror and it breaks. You

Say "Oh my God!"

Sigh, and expect seven years of bad luck

Calmly sweep up the broken pieces

3.Blood is spilled on the floor. You

Walk over it heedlessly

Avoid it and utter something

Sweep it away

4.A friend wants to read your horoscope. You

Take it for fun.

Compare it with your life.

Take it for granted.

5.In the street, the person in front of you chooses to walk under a ladder. You

Do the same.

Hesitate to follow.

Change the sidewalk.

6.An accident occurs outside your door on a Friday 13. You think:

"I won’t leave home outside today."

"It's terrible; I hope no one is hurt."

"What an unfortunate coincidence!"

7.A good day for you is the one when you:

Feel lucky.

Nothing bad happened to you.

Achieve your purposes of the day.

8.There is always truth behind superstitions?

Yes

No

I don’t know

What do the following situations mean to you?

9.Place shoes upon a table

Good luck

bad luck

I don’t know

10.Put up an umbrella inside the house

good luck

bad luck

I don’t know

11.left eye twitching is considered to be

Good sign

Inauspicious

I don’t know

12.Throwing a pinch of salt over your shoulder means

Ends bad luck

Starts bad luck

Protects from bad luck

None of the above

13.Letting a dog inside a house means

Chasing angels from the house

Invites angels to it

Don’t know

14.Whistling at house

Brings Bad luck

Disturbs others

Good behavior

15.Stepping over someone

Will stunt his growth

Will have no effect on him

Will make him cross with you

16.The hotel receptionist suggests room number 13, will you

Be choked and refuse it

Hesitate but accepted

Accept the room naturally

Do you agree with the following statements?

17.The howling of a dog when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen

18.If you brush a girl's feet with a broom, she'll never get married.

19.If you drop scissors, it means your lover is being unfaithful to you

20.Who is most addicted to superstition?

21.Who is more likely to show superstitious behavior?

High class

Low class

Middle class

All of the above

22.Superstition is a consequence of

Illiteracy

Ignorance

Poverty

Providence

23.Superstition for you is directly linked to

Social behavior

Individual attitudes

Norms of society

Other

24.For you superstition is due to

25.The aim of superstition is

To monitor children’s behavior

To put fear of God in people

To intimidate children

To create a parallel world to science

Other ……………………………………..

26.Superstition is

An outlet from harsh reality

A way to sooth unlucky people

An unscientific explanation of phenomena