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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was sex regulated in fundamentalist Mormon communities?
(a) It could only happen on every anniversary.
(b) It could only happen when one was selected from the lottery.
(c) It could only happen if a woman was ovulating.
(d) It could only happen once a week.

2. After the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887, what did fundamentalist believe a new prophet would bring?
(a) Money and celebrity for the church.
(b) A new promise land.
(c) The return of polygamy.
(d) A new take on government.

3. In his revelation, what does Crossfield claim he was told by God?
(a) To kill his wife.
(b) To follow Smith.
(c) To reform the church.
(d) To raise money.

4. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?
(a) She threatened to sue him.
(b) She threatened to take another husband.
(c) She threatened to start a new religion.
(d) She threatened to leave him.

5. Why did Dan give up his driver's license and stop paying taxes?
(a) He wanted to prove his love for God.
(b) He was following the early teachings of Mormon.
(c) He lost all his money.
(d) He was living in the wilderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Smith finally able to read the gold plates?

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

3. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?

4. Why, according to Krakauer, is it difficult for Mormon's to paint a flaw-free picture of Smith?

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

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