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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Christ warned against ________________.
(a) Heresy
(b) Pagans
(c) False prophets
(d) Cults

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

4. In the 1920s, who identified cults as a force in American Protestantism?
(a) Charles T. Russell
(b) Dr. Charles Braden
(c) Charles W. Fergueson
(d) Dr. Marcus Bach

5. Spiritists believe ____________________________________________-.
(a) in the existence of Hell
(b) in the existence of Purgatory
(c) that the afterlife is whatever each spirit chooses to make it
(d) in communication with Satan

6. The founder of the Baha'i World Faith was _____________________________.
(a) Mohammad Ali
(b) Mirza Ali Muhammad
(c) Bhadwan Shree Ranjneesh
(d) Maharish Mahesh Yogic

7. The founder of Scientology had been ____________________________.
(a) a sicentist
(b) a researcher
(c) a doctor
(d) a successful science fiction writer

8. Christian Science members had to circulate and sell the works of Mary Baker Eddy or ________________________.
(a) attend special classes
(b) they weren't allowed to join
(c) pay a tithe
(d) lost their membership

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

10. What must the Christian pay attention to in discussions with the cultist?
(a) Terminology
(b) Beliefs
(c) Doctrine
(d) Values

11. Mormons believe in ___________________________.
(a) avoidance of tobacco
(b) avoidance of alcohol
(c) avoidance of caffeine
(d) all of the below

12. Christian Scientists believe that hell is _________________________.
(a) made by the sinner who does evil
(b) a temporary holding place
(c) a place of fire and brimstone
(d) the place where all non-members go

13. What is the most important characteristic of cults?
(a) Open mindedness
(b) Acceptance of Christian doctrine
(c) Cognitive evaluation of facts
(d) Closed mindedness

14. The name Jehovah's Witnesses was taken to distinguish the true followers of the founder in _______________.
(a) 1875
(b) 1925
(c) 1910
(d) 1931

15. Do Christian Science teachings closely follow the Bible?
(a) Christian Scientists do not accept the Bible
(b) no, there are many deviations and terminology switches
(c) yes, there are few deviations
(d) there are few redefinitions

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Mormons consider to be Gentiles?

2. What are the two advantages of the cultist regarding the use of redefinitions?

3. Jehovah's Witnesses believed that Christ returned in ___________.

4. As a result of the new vocabulary, __________________________________________.

5. The Baha'i World Faith is an offshoot of _____________.

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