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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 uses what two theories to explain the differences between Christianity and Indian religious doctrine?
(a) Bible and science.
(b) Culture and science.
(c) Culture and nature.
(d) Bible and nature.

2. What does Deloria claim the Iroquois and Cherokee use as part of their religious practices?
(a) Dream interpretation.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Rain dances.
(d) Incense.

3. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?
(a) The environment.
(b) Bacteria in the ocean.
(c) Ocean temperature.
(d) The continent's rapidly deteriorating ecosystem.

4. In Chapter 5, which of the following Christian beliefs does Deloria claim concerns American Indians?
(a) Jesus will come again.
(b) Man has dominion over the rest of creation.
(c) Nature is not important.
(d) Sin exists in the world.

5. How was one way Indians tried to preserve their rights in Chapter 1?
(a) By retaliating on white cemeteries.
(b) By holding whites hostage.
(c) By holding hunger strikes.
(d) By using the legal system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Deloria claim came onto the reservations attempting to change Indian culture?

2. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.

3. Deloria feels that religions that depend on articulation of doctrinal propositions to maintain themselves are which of the following?

4. In Chapter 14, Deloria expresses concern about the ongoing tug-of-war between the old tribal culture and ________________________.

5. According to Deloria, how did outside influences affect tribal religion?

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