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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Deloria, in American Indian tribal religions there is a noticeable absence of which of the following?
(a) Cemetaries.
(b) Life after death beliefs.
(c) Baptisms.
(d) The fear of death.

2. Deloria explains that many Christian religions believe God exists how?
(a) Only inside churches.
(b) In human form.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) Only in America.

3. What does Deloria believe caused science to pierce the veil of nature?
(a) Modern medicine.
(b) The atomic bomb.
(c) Space shuttles.
(d) Bunson burners.

4. What is Baptism, according to Deloria?
(a) Mechanical entrance into the next life.
(b) Totally unnecessary.
(c) Only for children.
(d) Becoming popular with Indian religions.

5. Name one major development between 1972 and 1990 that was mentioned in Chapter 2.
(a) The abolition of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(b) Integration of religious Indian beliefs with that of traditional churches.
(c) The creation of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(d) No answer is correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.

2. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?

3. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?

4. In what manner was it legal for the Europeans to confiscate the Indian land?

5. In Chapter 10, Deloria claims the Spanish would have a priest standing by to baptize a fetus after killing its mother and before killing it. Why would they feel a baptism was necessary?

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