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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of groups, according to the author, do people have little sympathy for?
(a) Stolid groups.
(b) Rude groups.
(c) Funny groups.
(d) Polite groups.

2. Who was Clyde Warrior?
(a) Perhaps the greatest wit in Indian country.
(b) A writer.
(c) A poet.
(d) An artist.

3. What favorite hymn surprised old warriors in church?
(a) Onward Christian Soldiers.
(b) Closer my God to Thee.
(c) By the River.
(d) My God is an Awesome God.

4. What was the first concern of mission work on the reservation?
(a) Land on which to build churches, homes, storehouses and other monuments.
(b) Getting the Indians food.
(c) Getting the Indians to come to church.
(d) Getting clothing for the Indians.

5. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians should become Christian.
(b) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.
(c) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.
(d) The Indians want to control their own destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Arthur Watkins?

2. Why are the Five Civilized Tribes thus named?

3. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?

4. What is the most popular and enduring subject of Indian humor?

5. In 1964, what percentage of Indians thought the United States should get out of Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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