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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not recognized by Dr. Rokeach as a level in a belief system?
(a) Acceptance of doctrine
(b) Authority
(c) Individual's outlook
(d) Structure of living

2. Which name is not associated with Unitarian views?
(a) Michael Servetos
(b) Ludwig Haetzer
(c) Fausto Sozini
(d) John Calvin

3. The Book of Mormon is said to have been written on ______________________.
(a) the six stones
(b) the marble states
(c) the stone tablets
(d) the golden plates

4. The Christian Science faith was founded by ______________________.
(a) Charles Taze Russell
(b) Lenora Piper
(c) Mary Baker Eddy
(d) Ellen G. White

5. The Baha'i World Faith is an offshoot of _____________.
(a) Hinduism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Islam
(d) Shintuism

6. The cult tries to present itself as ________________.
(a) An alternative to Christianity
(b) Christian
(c) An easier form of Christianity
(d) A new set of values

7. Scientology was founded by ____________________.
(a) Joseph Smith, Jr.
(b) L. Ron Hubbard
(c) Herbert W. Armstrong
(d) Faustus Socinos

8. Theosophists believe that society __________________________.
(a) inherently evil
(b) is a growing system of thought
(c) inherently good
(d) society is too diverse to characterize

9. Theosophy __________________________________.
(a) rejects the basic Christian doctrines
(b) bollows the doctrines from the world's major religions
(c) combines the basic doctrines of Christianity and Judaism
(d) accepts the basic Christian doctrines

10. Redefinition of terms is evident in the Gnostic cults of __________________.
(a) Islam
(b) Judaism
(c) Catholicism
(d) Christian Science

11. Zen Buddhists believe _______________________________.
(a) Nirvana can be achieved through mediation
(b) many reincarnations are required to obtain Nirvana
(c) prayer is the only thing that matters
(d) Nirvana is not achievable

12. Most cults attack the doctrine of the Trinity. Compared to other cults, the attack of Jehovah's Witnesses is ________________.
(a) The mildest
(b) Average compared to the others
(c) Most vehement
(d) Non-existent

13. As a result of the new vocabulary, __________________________________________.
(a) The traditional Christian and the cultist are basically speaking different languages
(b) Cults do not pay any attention to the new vgocabulary
(c) Basic terms have the same meanings
(d) The meaning of doctrine is unaffected

14. Jehovah's Witnesses believed that Christ returned in ___________.
(a) He will never return
(b) 1914
(c) 1850
(d) They are still waiting

15. The term which describes Christian Science is ________________________.
(a) mind science
(b) unity science
(c) body science
(d) brain science

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important characteristic of cults?

2. Who is considered a great prophet of Spiritism?

3. Isolationism is a ________________________.

4. Mormons believe in ___________________________.

5. Mirzo Husayn Ali was known as ______________.

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