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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Smith finally able to read the gold plates?
(a) He learned German.
(b) He polished the plates.
(c) Moroni read them to him.
(d) Moroni gave him peep stones.

2. What effect did the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887 have on the Mormon Church?
(a) It legalized polygamy.
(b) It recognized the LDS as a legitimate organization.
(c) It outlawed polygamy.
(d) It invalidated personal revelations.

3. Joseph Smith was the son of a ______.
(a) Salesman.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Farmer.

4. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?
(a) If he prayed ten times a day.
(b) If he went to the mountain.
(c) If he paid Moroni.
(d) If he married Emma Harris.

5. Krakauer uses direct quotes from the _____________.
(a) Salt Lake Tribune.
(b) Laffertys' diaries.
(c) New York Times.
(d) Chicago Sun Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887, what did fundamentalist believe a new prophet would bring?

2. How did the Mormons respond to being attacked by Missourians in October, 1838?

3. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?

4. According to the Latter Day Saints, why did Moroni leave them gold?

5. For the murders of Brenda and Erica Lafferty, what was Ron's sentence?

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