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WorksheetsAlternative Religions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian group formed during the late nineteenth century, claimed Jesus would return in ____
a)
1890
b)
1914
c)
1923
d)
1942
2.
Many neopagans believe that the central deity of the universe is ____
a)
Zeus.
b)
Gaia.
c)
a Great Goddess.
d)
Ganesha.
3.
One form of neopaganism is known as Wicca, or _____
a)
witchcraft.
b)
Wic-Wic.
c)
Elfish.
d)
Druidism.
4.
Rastafarianism is notable for its ritualistic use of _______
a)
voodoo dolls.
b)
incense.
c)
cocaine.
d)
marijuana.
5.
Rastafarians took their name from the given name of ______
a)
Haile Selassie.
b)
Marcus Garvey.
c)
Bob Marley.
d)
Aum Shinrikyo.
6.
The Japanese group Aum Shinrikyo is best known for ________
a)
using acupuncture for spiritual purposes.
b)
using nerve gas on fellow subway passengers.
c)
converting Westerners to their beliefs.
d)
only wearing orange and shaving their heads.
7.
The Order of the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate both ended __________
a)
in the year 2000.
b)
when the Hale-Bopp comet passed Earth.
c)
in mass suicide.
d)
their missionary practices when their leaders became Buddhist.
8.
The Unification Movement was begun by ______
a)
Aum Shinrikyo.
b)
Haile Selassie.
c)
David Koresh.
d)
Sun Myung Moon.
9.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) became concerned about the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, believing that Koresh and his followers were __________
a)
planning to attack the president.
b)
holding elderly people hostage.
c)
stockpiling a large amount of weaponry.
d)
crazy and needed to be hospitalized.
10.
______ were defined as religious groups that understood themselves as belonging to an established, mainstream religion like Christianity, but that chose to practice that religion in a somewhat unconventional way.
a)
New age religions
b)
cults
c)
sects
d)
mainstream movements
11.
A religion that offers teachings or practices considered heretical by a mainstream religion used to be called a ____
a)
cult.
b)
sect.
c)
denomination.
d)
congregation.
12.
To what earlier organization did the Order of the Solar Temple believe itself to be connected?
a)
the Rosicrucians
b)
the Jews
c)
the Knights Templar
d)
the Levites
13.
What was the attitude of Heaven's Gate towards maleness and femaleness?
a)
Contact with the divine could only made through the union of male and female.
b)
Human beings will eventually move to a better world that is without gender.
c)
Maleness is superior to femaleness.
d)
Femaleness is superior to maleness.
14.
The Branch Davidian movement is an example of religious _____________.
a)
perversion
b)
destiny
c)
millennialism
d)
prophecy
15.
Aum Shinrikyo drew on elements of other religions, especially _____.
a)
Shinto and Christianity
b)
Daoism and Islam
c)
Christianity and Judaism
d)
Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Christianity
16.
What name did the former followers of Aum Shinrikyo call their new movement?
a)
Alpha
b)
Omega
c)
Li
d)
Aleph
17.
Jehovah's Witnesses worship in ______.
a)
synagogues
b)
temples
c)
kingdom halls
d)
caves
18.
Rastafarianism began in _______.
a)
Harlem
b)
New Orleans
c)
Jamaica
d)
Cuba
19.
The expectation that the world as we know it will soon end and be replaced by a spiritually and materially enhanced one is known as __________
a)
Mahdism.
b)
doomsday sectism.
c)
doomsday cultism.
d)
millennialism.
20.
Who was the leader of Heaven's Gate at the time of its mass suicide?
a)
David Koresh
b)
Janet Reno
c)
Maitreya
d)
Marshall Herff Applewhite
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