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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seventh Day Adventism ______________________________.
(a) was founded by William Miller
(b) was the result of three segments of Millerism
(c) was the result of two segments of Millerism
(d) was an offshoot of Jehovah's Witnesses

2. The Unification Church was founded by ______________________.
(a) Bhagwan Shree Ranjneesh
(b) Mararishi Makesh Yogic
(c) Mirza Ali Muhammad
(d) Rev. Sun Myung Moon

3. All of the cults discussed in the book ______________________________-.
(a) are compliments of orthodox Christianity
(b) take the Bible as their basis
(c) are proponents of orthodox Christianity
(d) are rivals of orthodox Christianity

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

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

6. The Hari Krishna cult was founded in _________________.
(a) New York, New York
(b) Poona, India
(c) Bombay, India
(d) London, England

7. The Rosicrucian cross ________________________________.
(a) is a symbol of man's evolutionary development
(b) has the same meaning as in orthodox Christianity
(c) symbolizes God
(d) symbolizes Christ

8. According to the beliefs of Ranjneeschism, ______________________________.
(a) Christianity is the basis of Ranjneeschism
(b) man must adhere to strict rules
(c) all prior norms and traditions are repudiated
(d) man must follow the rules of the Vedas

9. In Islam, Muhammad is ______________________.
(a) the God of Islam
(b) equal in status to Allah
(c) the founder of a sect
(d) the prophet of Allah

10. One of the factors that assists cults is __________________________________________.
(a) orthodox Christianity ignores the cults
(b) orthodox Christianity doesn't instit on its doctrine
(c) orthodox Christianity is ignoring doctrine in sermons
(d) orthodox Christianity funds the evangelism of the cults

11. The emphasis today is shifting from mass evangelism to ___________________________.
(a) television evangelism
(b) personal evangelism
(c) ignoring evangelism
(d) radio evangelism

12. According to the Bible, __________________________________.
(a) Satan is the motivator of the cults
(b) the Bible can be interpreted in any way
(c) there is no such thing as a misinterpretation
(d) there are no references

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

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

15. In Christian Science theology, Jesus Christ is ______________________.
(a) a physical God
(b) the Gnostic Jesus
(c) an ordinary man
(d) the Jesus of the Bible

Short Answer Questions

1. Jehovah's Witnesses view Jesus ____________________________.

2. Many of these cults ____________________________.

3. The New Age cult refers to ________________________.

4. Hinduism comes primarily from __________________.

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

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