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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what dictates the Christian belief of life after death, according to Deloria?
(a) The Bible.
(b) What the preacher says.
(c) The pope.
(d) Denominational preference.

2. According to Deloria, what was the result of many Christian zealots posing as Indian agents for the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) New Christian ceremonies were created.
(b) Christians understood ceremonial meanings.
(c) The BIA lost its authority.
(d) Many tribal ceremonies were banned.

3. In Chapter 5, Deloria explains that the Indian beliefs of creation go back to what concept?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Old verses new.
(c) Time and space.
(d) Chronological events.

4. By the 1500's, Deloria claims it was popularly accepted that the Indians could live on their natural land, until which of the following took place?
(a) Such time as the invading Europeans need the land for themselves.
(b) The older generation died.
(c) The turn of the century.
(d) They disobeyed the Europeans in any way.

5. In Chapter 14, Deloria believed that as technology expanded, tribal religion suffered because of which of the following?
(a) The radio played religious services daily.
(b) Everyone watched preachers on television.
(c) The younger generation was attracted by the outside modern world.
(d) The internet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the BIA ordered to find areas for the California Indians to reside?

2. Chapter 16 discusses moral responsibility and ___________________.

3. Almost universally, Deloria claims tribal religions produced people ___________________.

4. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?

5. In Deloria's opinion, how has education affected tribal ways?

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