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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Jew influenced Matthews after he returned to New York?

2. What did Joseph Smith found?

3. What did Elijah hear God call him?

4. What was the name of Elijah's servant?

5. What did Matthews try to do to his coworkers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Kirtland and what did it predate?

2. Why was Matthews interred in an asylum for two weeks?

3. How did Matthias see the United States?

4. What happened at the end of June, 1830?

5. What happened to Matthews' family while they were in Albany?

6. What did the Anti-Burgher Secession Church stress and de-emphasize?

7. What was the Anti-Burgher Secession Church?

8. Who was Reverend Abraham Pierson and what was he instrumental?

9. What did Matthews denounce?

10. What did God and Jesus promise to Elijah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the complexity of relationships in The Kingdom of Matthias, including the belief in a "match spirit."

Essay Topic 2

Compare the anti-Burgher Secession Church with Calvinism and Catholicism, examining the similarities and differences among the three churches.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the charges made against Matthews and the significance of the trial.

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