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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some Americans object to the term "Native Americans"?
(a) They believe anyone born in the United States is a native American.
(b) The title "American Indian" is politically correct.
(c) The word "native" bears a negative connotation.
(d) Some people object to everything.

2. How did large groups of whites defile Indian burial grounds?
(a) Burning the area.
(b) Robbing the graves.
(c) Painting the tombstones.
(d) Posting offensive posters.

3. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Witnessing to the Indians.
(b) Attacking other cultures.
(c) Going on a retreat.
(d) Spreading their beliefs.

4. What does Deloria believe caused science to pierce the veil of nature?
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) Modern medicine.
(c) Bunson burners.
(d) Space shuttles.

5. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) The creation of larger Indian reservations.
(b) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.
(c) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, the origins of religion are examined from which of the following?

2. Chapter 5 claims that Christian theology has a theory of how ____________.

3. Deloria uses what two theories to explain the differences between Christianity and Indian religious doctrine?

4. In Chapter 1, Deloria claims that the domestic affairs of the United States included the American Indians up until what date?

5. Chapter 6, "The Concept of History," relates religion to which of the following?

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