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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. Why did Rockwell try to kill Missouri's governor?
(a) Rockwell wanted to be governor.
(b) Rockwell was crazy.
(c) To fulfill Smith's prophecy.
(d) To free his people.

2. According to Krakauer, why was the search for Ruby Jessop less thorough than for Elizabeth Smart?
(a) Ruby was poor.
(b) Ruby's parents told the police not to.
(c) Ruby ran away.
(d) Ruby was born into a polygamist family.

3. According to the Latter Day Saints, why did Moroni leave them gold?
(a) To help them through hard times.
(b) To support their cause.
(c) To use as bribes.
(d) To offer to God.

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

5. What question does Krakauer claim he will answer in "Under the Banner of Heaven"?
(a) Whom the Lafferty family represents.
(b) What defines right and wrong.
(c) Why these murders happened.
(d) What the meaning of life is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fundamentalists believed the government was an entity of _______.

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

3. Krakauer explains that, because of Crossfield, Smith realized the ______ of allowing personal revelations.

4. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?

5. What did Smith change in his rules for the Mormon Church because of Crossfield?

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