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. Ms. Brodie states that the endowment is borrowed from what?

2. All additional wives, according to the law of the Lord, must be what?

3. The Governor went directly to where, to investigate the destruction of the Nauvoo paper?

4. Visitors who came to Nauvoo were taken on a tour by Joseph Smith when?

5. What was the name of the force left to guard Joseph while he was in the Carthage jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joseph provide for the succession and maintenance of the leadership of the church?

2. What was the prophecy that Joseph Smith made in the spring of 1841?

3. What do the principles of celestial marriage and the patriarchal order do?

4. What happened to those who took multiple wives without a commandment from God, and why?

5. Who was John C. Bennett, and what did he do?

6. What did the New York Herald say in its obituary about Joseph Smith?

7. Joseph knew of the hostility towards Mormons from people, but where did he think the true problem was from?

8. How was the community in Far West Missouri laid out?

9. What is the difference between sacred and secret?

10. What was the ruin that a few men discovered in Far West Missouri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book it seems as if the Mormon community was treated differently than other citizens of the United States. Pick at least two ways in which the Mormons were denied their rights as citizens of the United States. Discuss, using examples from the book, what the rights they were denied were, how that affected the Mormons, and how that was different treatment from other citizens.

Essay Topic 2

What is a bias? Using examples from the book to support your answer: What is the author's bias while writing this book, and how does she demonstrate her bias?

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book please answer the following question: What role does family and heritage play in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 697 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample