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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deloria claims in Chapter 1 that "token" Indians were always present on what holidays?
(a) Columbus Day and Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas and New Years.
(c) Thanksgiving and Memorial Day.
(d) Easter and Christmas.

2. In Chapter 8, the origins of religion are examined from which of the following?
(a) Japan to Alaska.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) The Germanic myth to Columbus.
(d) The Germanic myth to the Hopi.

3. Some tribes, such as the Lakota and Sioux, held special death ceremonies where a sacred pipe was used and the souls were kept to be purified and eventually released. What happened to these ceremonies in the 1890's?
(a) This activity became obsolete.
(b) The government banned this activity.
(c) This activity became popular with Christians.
(d) The government wanted to join in the ceremony.

4. Deloria argues that Christian doctrines of repentance, conversion, redemption, salvation, confession, absolution, and eternal life were created directly as a response to religious beliefs on which of the following?
(a) Life and death.
(b) How to live quality lives.
(c) The human personality.
(d) Salvation into heaven.

5. Deloria claims that many cultures perceive God as man because of which of the following?
(a) They are egotistical.
(b) Indian beliefs.
(c) They are ignorant.
(d) Wording in the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8, "Origin of Religio n," states which of the following regarding the origin of religion?

2. Deloria teaches that many tribal religions refer to God as which of the following?

3. If Christianity faces internal collapse, Deloria offers which of the following suggestions?

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

5. In Chapter 2, Deloria claims Indians were stereotyped into two categories prior to the incident at _______________.

(see the answer key)

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