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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Smith know about Joshua after their first meeting?
(a) That he wanted him to stay.
(b) That he was Matthews.
(c) That his beliefs reflected his own.
(d) That he was dangerous.

2. How many of his sons did Matthews lose to illness between 1816 and 1819?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. Who personified the middle class' evangelical reformists of the 1820's and 1840's?
(a) James Kirk.
(b) Elijah Smith.
(c) Charles Grandison Finney.
(d) Martin Luther.

4. What church did Matthews find inspiring after losing his sons?
(a) The Baptist Church.
(b) The Mormon Church.
(c) The Pentecostal Church.
(d) The African Methodist Church.

5. What did the Retrenchment Society build according to "Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7"?
(a) Schools for poor children.
(b) A clinic for the poor.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A church for the slaves.

6. What church did Matthews attend as a child?
(a) The Anti-Burgher Secession Church.
(b) The first Scot Church.
(c) The Burgher Secession Church.
(d) The Burgher Anti-Secession Temple.

7. What did Elijah do after quitting his job?
(a) Stayed in church for 32 days.
(b) Gave his money to the poor.
(c) Devoted himself to the ministry.
(d) Moved to Ecuador.

8. When was Elijah born?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1766.

9. What did Joseph Smith found?
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Pentecostalism.

10. What building did Kirk use for the Fourth Presbyterian Church meetings?
(a) St. Andrew's Church.
(b) St. Michael's Church.
(c) North Dutch Church.
(d) Notre Dame Church.

11. Who did the Scot church stress led the family?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) The elders.
(d) God.

12. What Jew influenced Matthews after he returned to New York?
(a) Rabbi Adelstine.
(b) Mordecai Manuel Noah.
(c) Mordecai Aaronson.
(d) Mordecai Maidanik.

13. What religious upbringing did Elijah have?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Calvinist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

14. What was Elijah known for being according to "Elijah Pierson, Introduction and Parts 1 through 4"?
(a) A religious reformer.
(b) A good father.
(c) A zealot.
(d) A businessman.

15. What was the name of Matthews' brother, the painter?
(a) J.M.D. Matthews.
(b) J.K.D. Mathas.
(c) J.K. Mathis.
(d) J.L.D Mathies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Matthews marry Margaret?

2. Who did Elijah open a mercantile store with?

3. What did Matthews do after abandoning his family?

4. When did Kirk arrive in Albany according to "Robert Matthews, Parts 5 through 7"?

5. What did Elijah and Sarah Start to get prostitutes off the street?

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