View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Deloria believe the Indians felt about the establishment of reservations?

2. Why have many people returned to the reservation according to Deloria?

3. In Chapter 10, regarding immortality of the soul and resurrection of the dead, Deloria claims Indian religions ____________________________.

4. In Deloria's opinion, how has education affected tribal ways?

5. In Chapter 10, Deloria claims Indians believed which of the following if a person was hanged for an offense?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Deloria believe sacred places are important?

2. What are the two propositions that have to do with life and the hereafter? Where did these propositions originate?

3. Explain why Deloria feels that the Amish are a special group of Christians.

4. Why did Potawatomi Chief Metea fear selling his tribe's land?

5. Name a few of the religious doctrines Deloria believes pertain to the human personality.

6. How does Canada treat the Canadian Indian tribes?

7. Name one reason why some of the Indian tribal ceremonies were prohibited.

8. What did Arnold Toynbee mean by his comment that viewing a map of the Mediterranean was pretending it was a map of the world?

9. Deloria claims modern people often returned to the reservations. What is his reason for saying this?

10. What did "God is Red" list as a disadvantage of the reservations in terms of religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deloria describes the deity in the Old Testament as somewhat "unstable." Why does Deloria use this description? Explain this statement using several examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How does Deloria use the Nuremberg Trials to prove western nations will inevitably become victims of their own intellectual and moral weaknesses? Do you agree or disagree with Deloria's analogy? Provide several examples from the book in your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss several advantages and disadvantages of establishing reservations. How could the reservation system have been improved? In lieu of reservations, what other plan could the government have used to control or support the Indian population? Be sure to support your belief with examples from the book.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 699 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample