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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In _________, a group of Jews, called Zionists, fled from Russia and settled in Palestine.
(a) 1682.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1782.

2. Sigmund Freud considered belief in a God as ____________.
(a) An illusion.
(b) Typical.
(c) Unusual.
(d) Understandable.

3. What is the phenomenon which emerged contemporaneously with the rationalization of the Enlightenment?
(a) The "religion of the people."
(b) The "religion of the soul."
(c) The "religion of the mind."
(d) The "religion of the heart."

4. What does Armstrong notice is happening to the churches in Europe?
(a) They are filling.
(b) They are rebuilding.
(c) They are emptying.
(d) They are changing.

5. Nietzsche proclaimed that God ____________.
(a) Was in hiding.
(b) Never existed.
(c) Was dead.
(d) Is in all things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Karen Armstrong passionately believes that human beings have, in the 4000 years of the quest delineated in her book, always sought ____________.

2. The medieval forms of religion erupted into fragmented sects and belief systems, led by such reformers as ____________.

3. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?

4. The first Zionists essentially follow a religion without ____________.

5. The original intention of the Zionists was to do ____________.

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