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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Deloria claims the Spanish would have a priest standing by to baptize a fetus after killing its mother and before killing it. Why would they feel a baptism was necessary?
(a) To ease the conscience of the killers.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) This really didn't happen.
(d) Baptized babies go to heaven.

2. According to Deloria, in American Indian tribal religions there is a noticeable absence of which of the following?
(a) Baptisms.
(b) The fear of death.
(c) Life after death beliefs.
(d) Cemetaries.

3. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1920's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1970's.

4. Chapter 5 claims that Christian theology has a theory of how ____________.
(a) Nature relates to humans.
(b) Sin entered the world.
(c) Indians should worship.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. Deloria teaches that many tribal religions refer to God as which of the following?
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deloria declares in Chapter 15 that to this day, which country still refuses to recognize land titles to their Indians?

2. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?

3. Why have many people returned to the reservation according to Deloria?

4. How did large groups of whites defile Indian burial grounds?

5. In Chapter 3, the explosion of the New Age culture is attributed to people being interested in creating their own religion to suit their needs. Name another non-traditional form of worship that drew attention from the New Age culture.

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