| A) | Sexual abuse having spiritual components | ||
| B) | The use of God or religion as tools to gain power and control | ||
| C) | Making fun of someone else's religion | ||
| D) | Going through a cult or ritualistic experience |
| A) | Spiritual abuse is most widely seen in the Catholic Church because of clerical abuse scandals. | ||
| B) | Spiritual abuse is primarily a problem in Orthodox Jewish congregations because of old-world rigidity. | ||
| C) | Protestant "megachurches" are where, statistically, you find your greatest occurrence of spiritual abuse. | ||
| D) | No one religious denomination or primary group is the main offender in spiritually abusing people; the themes of spiritual abuse, specifically power and control, show up in all faiths. |
| A) | venerate. | ||
| B) | worship. | ||
| C) | control. | ||
| D) | poison. |
| A) | Keeps a complete list of cults on its website for the assistance of clinicians. | ||
| B) | Keeps a partial list of cults on their website since the number of cults is ever-changing. | ||
| C) | Does not keep a comprehensive list of cults, listing only evaluative criteria so people can decide for themselves. | ||
| D) | Does not see it as their job to provide this form of information as a safety concern. |
| A) | 1970s | ||
| B) | 1980s | ||
| C) | 1990s | ||
| D) | 2000s |
| A) | Expectation that an excessive amount of time be devoted to the group | ||
| B) | Freedom of choice in spiritual practices | ||
| C) | The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel. | ||
| D) | The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members. |
| A) | in the Old Testament. | ||
| B) | in the New Testament. | ||
| C) | in both the Old and the New Testament. | ||
| D) | only in the Catholic version of the Bible. |
| A) | a mixed message. | ||
| B) | a paradox. | ||
| C) | crazymaking. | ||
| D) | clericalism. |
| A) | love | ||
| B) | lead | ||
| C) | control | ||
| D) | get rich |
| A) | Rarely | ||
| B) | Sometimes | ||
| C) | Usually | ||
| D) | Always |
| A) | Deep insecurity and emotional sensitivity | ||
| B) | Mental illness and emotional sensitivity | ||
| C) | Emotional sensitivity and cognitive rigidity | ||
| D) | Deep insecurity and low self-esteem |
| A) | After a job loss | ||
| B) | Adolescence | ||
| C) | During marital problems | ||
| D) | During any time of transition (all of the above could be correct) |
| A) | women express emotion too easily. | ||
| B) | many traditional, orthodox religious groups promote emotional repression. | ||
| C) | spirit and emotion are separate constructs of a person. | ||
| D) | people coming in to therapy are generally emotionally repressed. |
| A) | Legalism | ||
| B) | High control religion | ||
| C) | Clericalism | ||
| D) | Jingoism |
| A) | All spiritual abuse | ||
| B) | Ritual abuse | ||
| C) | Post-traumatic church syndrome | ||
| D) | Church hurt |