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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 Chapter 3, when was there rampant interest in American Indian traditions?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 1990's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1920's.

2. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?
(a) Sitting atop valuable resources, such as oil and minerals.
(b) Becoming extinct.
(c) Sacred and forbidden to tourists.
(d) Places for teenagers to party.

3. In Chapter 14, Deloria asserts that when the younger generation visits the outside world of modern conveniences, which of the following occur?
(a) They love music.
(b) It can cause a lack of harmony in in the Indian home.
(c) They are afraid of public transportation.
(d) They never return home.

4. Deloria also claims that many Christians are "married" to the idea that Columbus ___________________.
(a) Discovered America.
(b) Came from England.
(c) Is never wrong.
(d) Failed on his journey.

5. During the 1960's protests, why were the Indians angry?
(a) Casinos were closed.
(b) They had no place to live.
(c) 100 year old treaties were being violated.
(d) Their population was decreasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. With regards to supernatural phenomena, such as meteors and supernovae, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?

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

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

4. Deloria explains that Indians believe that the souls of dead people often remain at the place of their __________,

5. Deloria claims in Chapter 1 that "token" Indians were always present on what holidays?

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