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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Bible warns against the teachings of _________________________.
(a) Cults
(b) Heresy
(c) False prophets
(d) Pagans

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

3. Who is considered a great prophet of Spiritism?
(a) Robert Dale Owen
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe
(c) Daniel Webster
(d) Andrew Jackson Davis

4. The Unitarian Universalist Church resulted from a merger of the Unitarians and Universalists in what year?
(a) 1945
(b) 1950
(c) 1959
(d) 1843

5. The Watchtower uses term switching in regards to ________________________.
(a) The definition of hell
(b) The definition of God
(c) The definitions of the Trinity
(d) The definition of personal values

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mormons encourage their young people to spend how many years doing missionary work?

2. Spiritism is __________________________.

3. Zen Buddhism is _______________________________.

4. The cult's authoritarianism comes from its _______________.

5. According to Jehovah's Witnesses, hell, the place of fiery torment ___________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the derivation of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

2. Did Russell have the background and training that he claimed to have?

3. What is the background of the Book of Mormon?

4. What was the Miracle Wheat fraud?

5. What do the Mormons accept as the Scripture?

6. Why should Christians focus on definitions in any dialogue with cultists?

7. What is the appeal of the Unitarian Universalist Church?

8. What is the role of personal antagonism as a common psychological trait of cult members?

9. What distinguishes Unitarians from orthodox Christianity?

10. Why are psychological factors important in the study of cults?

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