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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The founder of the Church of the New Jerusalem was ________________.
(a) Emmanuel Swedenborg
(b) Lenora Piper
(c) Charles Taze Russel
(d) Helena Blavatsky

2. Which of the following does not lead to the heavens?
(a) the reincarnation wheel
(b) the Holy Spirit
(c) suffering
(d) silence

3. Who is the biggest adversary of the cult evangelist?
(a) Christians
(b) other cults
(c) non-christians
(d) the orthodox Christian evangelist

4. Young converts to Christianity are the targets of _____________________.
(a) Hari Krishnas
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses
(c) Rajaneeschism
(d) Unification Church

5. The highest level is ruled by ___________________________.
(a) God
(b) various gods
(c) a universal spirit
(d) Jesus Christ

6. According to the New Age, what separates man from God?
(a) man's actions
(b) his own consciousness
(c) evil
(d) the divinity of God

7. The explanation of the doctrines of Adventism is contained in ___________________.
(a) The Doctrinal Manifest
(b) questions on Doctrine
(c) the Bible of Adventism
(d) Divine Proposals

8. The Unification Chruch has been accused of _________________________________.
(a) mind control and brainwashing
(b) fostering dialogue among religious scholars
(c) practicing strict adherence of Christian principles
(d) allowing its members to exercise free choice

9. Cults are most effective among ____________________________.
(a) the elderly
(b) people who have been exposed to Christianity
(c) young Christians
(d) lifelong Christians

10. Many of these cults ____________________________.
(a) disseminate literature without their true name
(b) properly represent themselves
(c) present the orthodox Christian view
(d) make promises they can't keep

11. In Swedenborgism, what are the kinds of bodies?
(a) spiritual only
(b) the body is not important
(c) material only
(d) material and spiritual

12. The purpose of conferences of cults includes all but one of the following:
(a) developing a united approach in the battle against cults
(b) proposing legal action
(c) sharing information to avoid duplication of effots
(d) providing information

13. Rosicrucian theology is based on ___________________________.
(a) one world
(b) three worlds
(c) five worlds
(d) a world with seven sections

14. TM (Transcendental Meditation) is a _____________________________.
(a) form of religious worship
(b) form of yoga and spiritual practice
(c) based on Shivaite Hinduism
(d) based on Vishnuite Hinduism

15. Which group will supply Bibles to almost anyone who wants one, in that person's own language?
(a) Scientoloty
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses
(c) Christian Scientists
(d) Theorophical Society

Short Answer Questions

1. Herbert W. Armstrong claimed to be a descendant of ________________________.

2. Which is not a founding doctrine of Adventism?

3. The Bible of the Unification Church is ______________________________.

4. Swedenborg presented his theories in a number of books which were ____________________________.

5. Educational efforts must include all but one of the following:

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