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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the joke, is a peace treaty?
(a) "When a white man wants a piece of your mind."
(b) "When a white man wants pieces of your soul."
(c) "When a white man want a piece of you."
(d) "When a white man wants a piece of your land."

2. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Transfer the Bureau to the War Department.
(b) Transfer the Bureau to the Dept. of the Interior.
(c) Transfer the Bureau to the Commerce Department.
(d) Transfer the Bureau to Health, Education and Welfare.

3. What provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Irony and Satire.
(d) Clowns.

4. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) The Cheyenne.
(b) Southwest Indians.
(c) Indians in his home state of Utah.
(d) Indians east of the Mississippi.

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1964, what percentage of Indian thought the United States should get out of America?

2. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?

3. Who is Frank Takes Gun?

4. What was the survey of 1086 called?

5. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?

(see the answer key)

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