Q 01/05

Which retired British civil servant, often called the "Father of Wicca", introduced the religion to the public in 1954?

A) Ronald Hutton

B) Aleister Crowley

C) Alex Sanders

D) Gerald Gardner

Answer · why

D) Gerald Gardner

He had spent decades in Ceylon, Borneo and Malaya, and claimed initiation into a witches' group in the New Forest in 1939.

Q 02/05

Which five-pointed star inside a circle is the most-used symbol of Wicca?

A) The triskele

B) The ankh

C) The pentagram

D) The hexagram

Answer · why

C) The pentagram

Its five points stand for air, fire, water, earth and spirit; the US Department of Veterans Affairs approved it for military headstones in 2007.

Q 03/05

What is the moral maxim followed by most Wiccans, "An it harm none, do what ye will", called?

A) The Great Rite

B) The Wiccan Rede

C) The Charge

D) The Ardanes

Answer · why

B) The Wiccan Rede

"Rede" is Middle English for advice or counsel; the couplet was first publicly recorded in a 1964 speech by Gardner's former high priestess.

Q 04/05

The seasonal festivals of the Wiccan calendar, taken together, are called what?

A) The Great Circle

B) The Book of Shadows

C) The Wheel of the Year

D) The Cone of Power

Answer · why

C) The Wheel of the Year

Four are the solstices and equinoxes and four are the Celtic cross-quarter fire festivals in between.

Q 05/05

Wiccan seasonal festivals are called Sabbats. What are the rituals held at the full moon called?

A) Esbats

B) Handfastings

C) Wiccanings

D) Redes

Answer · why

A) Esbats

Esbats are linked to the Triple Goddess and the Moon; Sabbats to the Sun and the God.