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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 7, "The Spatial Problem of History," addresses the spatial issues involved with which of the following?
(a) No answer is correct.
(b) Traditional chronology.
(c) Ancestral lineage.
(d) Historical events.

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

3. Deloria explains that many Christian religions believe God exists how?
(a) No answer is correct.
(b) In human form.
(c) Only inside churches.
(d) Only in America.

4. 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 involved the younger generation.
(c) It was written by fifth graders.
(d) It was banned in every American high school.

5. What is the purpose of the American Indian Religious Freedom Resolution?
(a) Protects Indian children from being forced to attend Sunday School.
(b) Forbids Indians from attending white churches.
(c) Allows whites to participate in Indian ceremonial rites.
(d) Protects the religion and ceremonial rites of American Indians.

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

7. 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.

8. 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) Man has dominion over the rest of creation.
(d) Sin exists in the world.

9. The author explains that Indian religions do not promote which of the following?
(a) A personal relationship with God.
(b) Relationships with nature.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) Any creation theory.

10. How did large groups of whites defile Indian burial grounds?
(a) Burning the area.
(b) Robbing the graves.
(c) Painting the tombstones.
(d) Posting offensive posters.

11. Although tribal religions do believe in creation, Deloria states they do not believe in which of the following?
(a) Fall from grace.
(b) Rights of trees.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) Importance of sin.

12. What group accused the Gallup Chamber of Commerce of holding a Gallup ceremony in which Indians were not allowed to participate?
(a) National Indian Youth Council.
(b) Bureau of Indidan Affairs.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Central Intelligence Agency.

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

14. In Chapter 5, the discussion states that there are many differences between what two religions?
(a) Methodists and Baptists.
(b) Christianity and Indian tribal religions.
(c) Catholics and Protestants.
(d) No answer is correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author emphasizes that Indian religions are not _________________________.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?

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

4. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?

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

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