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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The creation of man is also part of the Christian _______.
(a) An Indian religious belief system.
(b) Doctrine.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Church.

4. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?
(a) At all.
(b) During the day.
(c) Anthropomorphically.
(d) As an animal.

5. During the 1960's, what made the American people realize that there were still a large number of American Indians in the United States?
(a) Indian protests.
(b) Many Indians moved to the city.
(c) It was on the Internet.
(d) More movies about Indians were made.

6. During WWII, why did many Indians move to the west?
(a) To hide on reservations.
(b) To work in various war industries.
(c) To join the Peace Corp.
(d) To fight.

7. Why were the Gallup Indians upset with the town?
(a) For excluding them from civic events.
(b) There were no Indian restaurants.
(c) The Indians were not allowed to attend school.
(d) The Indians were worked as slaves.

8. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The creation of larger Indian reservations.
(d) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.

9. Deloria teaches that Indian religions view creation as which of the following?
(a) A developing relationship with other living things.
(b) Nothing important.
(c) Adam's first breath.
(d) A constantly evolving event.

10. In Chapter 1, why was the publication of the National Indian Youth Council's pamphlet considered a monumental event?
(a) It became mandatory reading.
(b) It was banned in every American high school.
(c) It involved the younger generation.
(d) It was written by fifth graders.

11. 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.

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

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

14. Chapter 1 explains that the Indians revere their dead and believe their burial grounds to be _________.
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Private.
(c) Territorial.
(d) Sacred.

15. Deloria believes one of the greatest offenses to the Indian tribes was what?
(a) Locking them in jail.
(b) Forcing them to cut their hair.
(c) The desecration of burial grounds.
(d) Changing their names.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what brought even more attention to the American Indians?

2. In Chapter 5, the discussion states that there are many differences between what two religions?

3. 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.

4. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?

5. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?

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