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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until the 1970's, why did the term "vanishing Americans" refer to American Indians?
(a) Most believed they were extinct.
(b) There were not any at Wal Mart.
(c) Most of them had died.
(d) They all moved to Canada.

2. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?
(a) History.
(b) The 1960's and 1970's.
(c) The 1990's.
(d) The 1940's.

3. Deloria feels that religions that depend on articulation of doctrinal propositions to maintain themselves are which of the following?
(a) Ultimately going to be rejected.
(b) Doomed to disappear.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Destined to fail.

4. According to Deloria in Chapter 11, what Christian community is admired by countless followers of Indian religions?
(a) Amish.
(b) Methodists.
(c) Baptists.
(d) Catholics.

5. During the 1960's, what made the American people realize that there were still a large number of American Indians in the United States?
(a) It was on the Internet.
(b) Indian protests.
(c) More movies about Indians were made.
(d) Many Indians moved to the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deloria makes the following statement in Chapter 11, "There is no salvation in tribal religions apart from ______________________."

2. In Chapter 17, Deloria ponders whether old tribal religions can do which of the following?

3. The Bible says Adam and Eve were made how?

4. In Chapter 5, the author believes Christians tend to see creation as the beginning of time and what?

5. On what issue was the 1968 protest?

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