- 1. What is the Latin name for Roman polytheism?
A) Via romana agli Déi
B) Ab Urbe condita
C) Dies Romana
D) Religio Romana
- 2. Which organization is mentioned as a major group in Roman polytheism?
A) Rodnovery
B) Pietas Comunità Gentile
C) Thelema
D) Romaia
- 3. On what date is the Natale di Roma celebrated?
A) May 21
B) April 21
C) March 21
D) June 21
- 4. According to legend, who founded the city of Rome?
A) Iolo Morganwg
B) Caesar
C) Remus
D) Romulus
- 5. What does the Latin phrase 'Ab Urbe condita' mean?
A) The Roman Way to the Gods
B) From the founding of the City
C) The ancient gods
D) The festival of the city
- 6. Who largely influenced the development of modern Druidry?
A) Romulus
B) The Iron Age Celts
C) Iolo Morganwg
D) The Rodnovery founders
- 7. Modern Druidry aims to imitate the practices of which period?
A) Iron Age
B) Medieval era
C) 19th century
D) Roman Republic
- 8. What is another name for Slavic Native Faith?
A) Religio Romana
B) Dies Romana
C) Rodnovery
D) Romaia
- 9. In which century did Slavic Native Faith emerge?
A) 20th century
B) Medieval era
C) 18th century
D) 19th century
- 10. Which country has the highest number of Slavic Neopagans mentioned in the text?
A) Poland
B) Italy
C) Ukraine
D) Russia
- 11. Which religion is mentioned alongside Taoism and Shinto in Europe?
A) Christianity
B) Judaism
C) Islam
D) Eckankar
- 12. In which countries are Rastafari communities present?
A) Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
B) Greece, Albania, and Bulgaria
C) UK, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy
D) Russia, Ukraine, and Poland
- 13. Traditional African Religions like Muti are mainly found in which European countries?
A) Poland and Russia
B) Italy and Spain
C) United Kingdom and France
D) Ukraine and Italy
- 14. What is the alternative name for the Natale di Roma?
A) Via romana
B) Romaia
C) Rodnovery
D) Religio Romana
- 15. When was Rome founded according to the legend of Romulus?
A) 753 BC
B) 100 BC
C) 500 BC
D) 753 AD
- 16. When did the first newspaper reference to the Báb appear in The Times?
A) 1 April 1890
B) 1 November 1865
C) 1 November 1845
D) 1 January 1910
- 17. Who wrote the first and most influential account of the Bábí religion in 1865?
A) Edward G. Browne
B) ‘Abdu'l-Bahá
C) Arthur de Gobineau
D) Heinrich Himmler
- 18. Which university was Edward G. Browne associated with when he met Bahá'u'lláh?
A) Berlin University
B) Sorbonne University
C) Cambridge University
D) Oxford University
- 19. Which country had the largest organized Bahá'í community in Europe in 1925?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Germany
D) Britain
- 20. In what year were Bahá'í institutions in Germany disbanded by Heinrich Himmler?
A) 1890
B) 1910
C) 1938
D) 1937
- 21. What happened to Bahá'í communities in Soviet territories in 1938?
A) They moved to Germany
B) They expanded to 38 new cities
C) They ceased to exist
D) They were officially recognized
- 22. What contributed to the spread of Islam into the Balkans and Central Europe?
A) Migration of Volga Bulgars
B) Ottoman expansion
C) The Crusades
D) The Reconquista
- 23. According to the Pew Forum, how many Muslims lived in Europe in 2010?
A) 500,000
B) 1.4 million
C) 16 million
D) 44 million
- 24. Which country has a Muslim population of 99%?
A) Albania
B) Kosovo
C) Bosnia and Herzegovina
D) Turkey
- 25. What percentage of the population in Kosovo is Muslim?
A) 96%
B) 51%
C) 32%
D) 99%
- 26. According to the 2016 Pew Research study, what percentage of Europe's population is Muslim?
A) 3.2%
B) 10%
C) 4.9%
D) 6%
- 27. What accusations were leveled against Jews during the Middle Ages?
A) Attempting to overthrow monarchies
B) Ritual murder
C) Refusing to pay taxes
D) Secretly practicing Islam
- 28. What percentage of the world's Jewish population resided in Europe in 2010?
A) 10%
B) 1%
C) 6%
D) 0.2%
- 29. What was the approximate Muslim population in the European Union in 2007?
A) 10 million
B) 16 million
C) 1.4 million
D) 44 million
- 30. What percentage of the population is Muslim in Albania?
A) 99%
B) 96%
C) 51%
D) 50.67%
- 31. Which group is historically associated with Islam in Crimea?
A) Ottoman Turks
B) Volga Bulgars
C) Bektashism
D) Crimean Tatars
- 32. Which country has an official religion of Orthodox Christianity?
A) Greece
B) Iceland
C) Malta
D) Denmark
- 33. When did Sweden stop having Lutheranism as its official state religion?
A) 1990
B) 1995
C) 2005
D) 2000
- 34. What is the national church of Scotland?
A) Catholicism
B) Lutheranism
C) Presbyterianism
D) Anglicanism
- 35. According to the 2019 Eurobarometer survey, what percentage of the EU population identified as Christian?
A) 76%
B) 41%
C) 64%
D) 72%
- 36. Which Christian denomination is considered the largest in the European Union?
A) Protestants
B) Catholics
C) Eastern Orthodox
D) Baptists
- 37. Which group of churches separated from Christianity following the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD?
A) Protestantism
B) Byzantine Rite
C) Oriental Orthodoxy
D) Latin Catholicism
- 38. In Switzerland, what do some village signs display at their entrances?
A) Their primary export
B) Their tax rate
C) Their historical population
D) Their religion
- 39. Which European country has a special constitutional agreement with the Georgian Orthodox Church despite technically being secular?
A) Georgia
B) Serbia
C) Russia
D) Armenia
- 40. What percentage of the EU population identified as Muslim in the 2019 Eurobarometer survey?
A) 2%
B) 4%
C) 5.9%
D) 10%
- 41. According to the 2012 Pew Research survey, what percentage of Europe's residents were Christians?
A) 64%
B) 75.2%
C) 71.0%
D) 57.9%
- 42. What percentage of Western Europeans identified as Christians in the 2018 Pew Research study?
A) 64%
B) 75.2%
C) 57.9%
D) 71.0%
- 43. According to the 2018 Pew Research study, what percentage of people raised as Christians in Western Europe still identify as such?
A) 24%
B) 71%
C) 64%
D) 83%
- 44. In the 2019 Eurobarometer survey, what was the percentage of non-believers/agnostics in the EU?
A) 10%
B) 2%
C) 3%
D) 17%
- 45. What percentage of respondents in Hungary identified as Presbyterian according to the Pew Research Poll?
A) 14%
B) 13%
C) 20%
D) 19%
- 46. What percentage of Estonians identified as Lutherans according to the Pew Research Poll?
A) 20%
B) 14%
C) 13%
D) 19%
- 47. In which country did 14% of respondents say they are "just a Christian" without specifying a denomination?
A) Hungary
B) Estonia
C) Latvia
D) Lithuania
- 48. What was the Christian population percentage in the EU in 2012 according to the Eurobarometer survey?
A) 75.2%
B) 71.0%
C) 64%
D) 72%
- 49. What percentage of the 2012 Europe residents identified as irreligious, atheist, or agnostic?
A) 10%
B) 17%
C) 18.2%
D) 24%
- 50. According to the 2012 Pew Research survey, what percentage of European residents were Hindus?
A) 0.2%
B) 2%
C) 0.5%
D) 0.1%
- 51. What percentage of EU citizens stated they believe there is a God in the 2010 Eurobarometer survey?
A) 26%
B) 51%
C) 47%
D) 20%
- 52. In 2003, what percentage of French people declared themselves as agnostics according to Dogan and Mattei?
A) 47%
B) 26%
C) 51%
D) 20%
- 53. What percentage of the population in the UK regarded themselves as Christian in the 2001 census?
A) Over 70%
B) 15%
C) 51%
D) 47%
- 54. Which organization criticized the wording of the 2001 UK census question regarding religion?
A) World Values Survey
B) Eurobarometer
C) British Humanist Association
D) Gallup
- 55. Between 2002 and 2011, what happened to the number of atheists in Romania?
A) Threefold increase
B) Threefold decrease
C) Doubled
D) Stagnated
- 56. What is the phenomenon of decreasing religiousness and church attendance often called?
A) Post-Christian Europe
B) The Great Awakening
C) Secularization Act
D) The Religious Revival
- 57. What percentage of EU citizens declined to answer the Eurobarometer 2010 question about belief in God?
A) 20%
B) 26%
C) 3%
D) 51%
- 58. According to the World Values Survey, what percentage of people in Ireland believed in God in 1999?
A) 62.1%
B) 94.8%
C) 86.8%
D) 93.7%
- 59. Which country, traditionally secular, saw a decrease in theism from 65.3% to 58.0% between 1981 and 1999?
A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) Netherlands
D) France
- 60. The 2008–2009 Gallup survey asked whether religion is important in what context?
A) Education
B) Political decisions
C) Daily life
D) National identity
- 61. What is the largest religion in Europe?
A) Christianity
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Islam
- 62. When did the Roman Empire officially adopt Christianity?
A) AD 380
B) AD 500
C) AD 1000
D) AD 800
- 63. What major event tore apart Christendom in the 16th century?
A) The Great Schism
B) The Crusades
C) The Enlightenment
D) Reformation
- 64. What historical event in the 11th century caused a split in Christendom?
A) The Age of Enlightenment
B) The Crusades
C) The Great Schism
D) The Reformation
- 65. Which country saw a decline in Church of Sweden membership from 82.9% in 2000 to 56.4% in 2019?
A) Denmark
B) Finland
C) Norway
D) Sweden
- 66. Which of the following is considered a modern revival movement of ancient polytheistic traditions?
A) Orthodoxy
B) Catholicism
C) Druidry
D) Protestantism
- 67. What factor contributed to the popularity of Hinduism and Buddhism in the 19th century?
A) The Great Schism
B) The Reformation
C) The Crusades
D) Orientalism
- 68. By what century was the Christianisation of Lithuania complete?
A) 18th century
B) High Middle Ages
C) Early Middle Ages
D) 20th century
- 69. Which of the following religions is NOT listed as having 0.3% representation in Europe?
A) Hinduism
B) None of the above
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism
- 70. Which intellectual movement saw the rise of Deism in Europe?
A) The Industrial Revolution
B) The Renaissance
C) The Reformation
D) The Enlightenment
- 71. Which scientific concept is mentioned as a challenge to common Bible interpretations during the Enlightenment?
A) Plate tectonics
B) Evolution
C) Heliocentric universe
D) Big Bang theory
- 72. Which individual is listed as a notable early deist in the text?
A) Voltaire
B) Galileo Galilei
C) Martin Luther
D) Isaac Newton
- 73. What is the traditional approach to state and religion in France since the French Revolution?
A) Theocratic
B) Monarchical
C) Laicist
D) Imperialist
- 74. Which country was an officially atheist state from 1967 to 1991?
A) Albania
B) Poland
C) Hungary
D) Romania
- 75. Which country is listed as having a high reported percentage of people with no religious belief?
A) Romania
B) Lithuania
C) Czech Republic
D) Poland
- 76. What was the reported percentage of Greeks who identified as indifferent to religion in 2024?
A) 66%
B) 27%
C) 15%
D) 80%
- 77. What percentage of the population in the Netherlands was found to be irreligious in a 2015 study?
A) 68%
B) 27%
C) 50%
D) 33%
- 78. In Greece, what percentage of people reported attending church regularly according to a 2024 survey?
A) 27%
B) 66%
C) 80%
D) 15%
- 79. According to the 2010 survey, what percentage of the EU28 population believed in some sort of spirit or life force?
A) 17%
B) 20%
C) 51%
D) 26%
- 80. Which demographic group was found to have higher levels of religious belief across the EU?
A) Men
B) Left-wing political leaners
C) Those with high education
D) Women
- 81. What is the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the predominant faith?
A) Lisbon
B) The Canary Islands
C) Kalmykia
D) Barcelona
- 82. What form of Buddhism is prevalent in Kalmykia?
A) Theravada Buddhism
B) Zen Buddhism
C) Pure Land Buddhism
D) Tibetan Buddhism
- 83. Which Hindu group in Portugal primarily consists of migrants from Mozambique?
A) Sindhi
B) Sri Lankan Tamils
C) Gujarati
D) Punjabi
- 84. Where are Sindhi Hindus primarily concentrated in Spain?
A) Lisbon
B) Barcelona
C) Canary Islands
D) Berlin
- 85. In France and Germany, a significant proportion of the Hindu population consists of whom?
A) Sri Lankan Tamils
B) Sindhi Hindus
C) Surinamese Hindus
D) Gujarati migrants
- 86. Which group mainly consists of Indian immigrants in Belgium and the United Kingdom?
A) Odinism
B) Heathenism
C) Sikhism
D) Jainism
- 87. How many total adherents of Sikhism are estimated to be in Europe?
A) Over 1,000,000
B) Nearly 700,000
C) Around 10,000
D) Exactly 450,000
- 88. What is the approximate Sikh population in the United Kingdom?
A) 22,000
B) 700,000
C) 100,000
D) 450,000
- 89. How many Sikhs live in the Netherlands and Germany combined?
A) 100,000
B) 450,000
C) 22,000
D) 5,000
- 90. What is another name for Heathenism?
A) Bifrost
B) Forn Siðr
C) Odinist Community
D) Esetroth
- 91. What does the Icelandic term Ásatrú refer to?
A) Jainism
B) Sikhism
C) Heathenism
D) Reconstructionism
- 92. How many people registered as Heathen in the 2001 United Kingdom Census?
A) 777
B) 2,382
C) 1,958
D) 300
- 93. Which organization advised many Heathens to simply identify as 'Pagan'?
A) Forn Siðr Denmark
B) Ásatrúarfélagið
C) Pagan Federation
D) Swedish Forn Sed Assembly
- 94. In what year was the Ásatrúarfélagið recognized as an official religion by the Icelandic government?
A) 1994
B) 2003
C) 1999
D) 1973
- 95. Who led the Ásatrúarfélagið for its first 20 years?
A) Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson
B) A collective board
C) The Pagan Federation
D) A government official
- 96. What does the Swedish term 'Forn Sed' mean?
A) Old Custom
B) Odin's Path
C) New Faith
D) Germanic Fellowship
- 97. In what year was the Swedish Forn Sed Assembly formed?
A) 1999
B) 1994
C) 2007
D) 1973
- 98. When was the Swedish Forn Sed Assembly recognized as a religious organization by the Swedish government?
A) 1994
B) 2011
C) 2007
D) 1999
- 99. In what year was the Danish group Forn Siðr formed?
A) 1994
B) 1996
C) 1999
D) 2003
- 100. What is the name of the Norwegian Esetroth fellowship formed in 1996?
A) Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost
B) Forn Sed
C) Ásatrúarfélagið
D) Odinist Community
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