Question

Theodor Herzl's Zionism was the direct result of
a. His shock at a government order revoking the citizenship of all French Jews
b. His shock at the army's persecution of Alfred Dreyfus
c. A religious revelation that European Jews should return to the Holy Land
d. A wave of persecuting against Jews living in the Ottoman empire

Answer 1

It is said that Theodor Herzl's Zionism was the direct result of "b. His shock at the army's persecution of Alfred Dreyfus," although there were likely other factors as well.