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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Repeatedly, Deloria mentions that Indian tribal religions believe in a vital relationship between which of the following?
(a) Animals and trees.
(b) Nature and space.
(c) Nature and humans.
(d) Humans and stars.

2. Christianity and Indians agree that there is a significant role of ________________ in religion.
(a) Music.
(b) A creator.
(c) History.
(d) Animals.

3. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?
(a) Warlike savages and wise old men.
(b) Murderers and horse thieves.
(c) Educated and uneducated.
(d) Hunters and gathers.

4. Deloria claims it is widely believed that the lack of record keeping in American Indian history is probably responsible for which of the following?
(a) Mystery surrounding Indian events.
(b) Lack of historical information.
(c) Lost dates and times.
(d) Great oral traditions of the Indian tribes.

5. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.
(c) The creation of larger Indian reservations.
(d) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1960's and 1970's, large numbers of American Indians lived in what areas?

2. Why were the Gallup Indians upset with the town?

3. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?

4. According to Deloria, Arizona tribes used symbols on a _____________ in an attempt to keep events in chronological order.

5. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?

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