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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 8, "Origin of Religio n," states which of the following regarding the origin of religion?
(a) It's found in Indian tribal religions.
(b) It's irrelevant.
(c) It's vague.
(d) It's found in the Bible.

2. Deloria asserts that Indian religions think of creation as the environment and how it relates to what?
(a) History.
(b) The moon.
(c) A specific place.
(d) Other planets.

3. Until the 1970's, why did the term "vanishing Americans" refer to American Indians?
(a) Most of them had died.
(b) There were not any at Wal Mart.
(c) Most believed they were extinct.
(d) They all moved to Canada.

4. 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.

5. 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) Unstable.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Evil.
(d) Forgiving.

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

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

8. The author emphasizes that Indian religions are not _________________________.
(a) Superstitious.
(b) In conflict with nature.
(c) Old traditions.
(d) Sin oriented.

9. 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.

10. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Basic Indian Area.
(b) Brooklyn Indian Administration.
(c) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(d) Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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

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

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

14. On what issue was the 1968 protest?
(a) A new Indian curfew.
(b) The boundary line between two territories.
(c) Government assessing tolls for crossing a bridge.
(d) Farming rights along borderlines.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the reason for most Indian protests?

3. The National Indian Youth Council published a pamphlet to inform the public of Gallup's actions. What was the title of this pamphlet?

4. How does Deloria believe some Christians will feel about his comparisons of Christianity and Indian tribal religions?

5. In Chapter 5, the author believes Christians tend to see creation as the beginning of time and what?

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