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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what was wrong with the Pope's promise?
(a) No one listened to him.
(b) He had no legal authority.
(c) His promise was only made to Indians.
(d) His promise was only made to Christians.

2. Deloria claims Christianity puts a great deal of focus on creation and what it means to _________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Sin.
(c) Nature.
(d) Relationships.

3. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?
(a) Worshipping trees.
(b) Living long lives.
(c) Remembering events.
(d) Keeping a calendar.

4. In Chapter 10, who is given credit for developing the early idea of the immortality of the soul?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Romans.

5. Deloria names which of the following as the second type of sacred land?
(a) Where oil is discovered.
(b) Buffalo Gap.
(c) Wounded Knee.
(d) Reservations.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?

2. What does BIA stand for?

3. Deloria makes the following statement in Chapter 11, "There is no salvation in tribal religions apart from ______________________."

4. What was the reason for most Indian protests?

5. Deloria believes that historically, in regards to a Supreme Being, humans have transferred their own personality traits onto the deity. This statement is made to support his description of the Christian God as what?

(see the answer key)

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