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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christianity and Indians agree that there is a significant role of ________________ in religion.
(a) Music.
(b) History.
(c) Animals.
(d) A creator.

2. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?
(a) Once this is done they cannot change back.
(b) Other species can turn into humans.
(c) This happens automatically when you die.
(d) You can pick what you want to be.

3. How were the Indians arrested at the 1968 protest punished?
(a) Tried and acquitted.
(b) Forced to apologize.
(c) Sentenced to life in prison.
(d) Moved to Canada.

4. Using the example of the Crusades, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Attacking other cultures.
(b) Witnessing to the Indians.
(c) Going on a retreat.
(d) Spreading their beliefs.

5. With regards to supernatural phenomena, such as meteors and supernovae, Deloria accuses Christians of which of the following?
(a) Tended to fear celestial happenings.
(b) Celebrated the events.
(c) Hid in their cellars.
(d) Joined the Indians in celebration.

6. Why do some Americans object to the term "Native Americans"?
(a) The word "native" bears a negative connotation.
(b) Some people object to everything.
(c) They believe anyone born in the United States is a native American.
(d) The title "American Indian" is politically correct.

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

8. Chapter 6, "The Concept of History," relates religion to which of the following?
(a) Religious wars.
(b) Christianity's evolution throughout history.
(c) Chronological details of events.
(d) American Indian tribal events.

9. Deloria believes that historically, in regards to a Supreme Being, humans have transferred their own personality traits onto the deity. This statement is made to support his description of the Christian God as what?
(a) Forgiving.
(b) Evil.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Unstable.

10. 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.
(a) Astrology.
(b) Demonology.
(c) Numerology
(d) All answers are correct.

11. Chapter 4 discusses the fact that liberals tend to ___________________________.
(a) Be more sympathetic to mankind.
(b) Support Indian causes.
(c) Vote democratic.
(d) Vote republican.

12. What does Deloria believe caused science to pierce the veil of nature?
(a) Space shuttles.
(b) Modern medicine.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) Bunson burners.

13. In Chapter 9, "Natural and Hybrid Peoples," Deloria discusses the various images invoked when one thinks about which of the following?
(a) Space Aliens.
(b) Indian warriors.
(c) A Supreme Being.
(d) Christian preachers.

14. When was the BIA ordered to find areas for the California Indians to reside?
(a) During WWI.
(b) During the Civil Rights Movement.
(c) During WWII.
(d) During the Great Depression.

15. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?
(a) Ceremonial Indian affairs.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) Peaceful co-existence between Indians and Whites.
(d) The ransacking of a federal building.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first great protest was held in 1968 by the __________ Indians.

2. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?

3. In Chapter 6, another major distinction between Christianity and tribal religions that Deloria mentions is which of the following?

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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