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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the example(s) of the most familiar type of sacred land according to Deloria.
(a) Mount Rushmore.
(b) Gettysburg and Wounded Knee.
(c) Wounded Knee.
(d) Gettysburg.

2. If Christianity faces internal collapse, Deloria offers which of the following suggestions?
(a) Give up and start over.
(b) Fast and pray until Jesus returns.
(c) Turn to Indian religious culture for answers.
(d) Pray to the Great Spirit for guidance.

3. According to Deloria, what other group has similar success to the Amish?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Baptists.
(d) Methodists.

4. In 1821, the Potawatomi chief, Metea, said the following when confronted with surrendering this tribe's land: "We are fearful we shall offend their spirits if we sell our lands; and we are fearful we shall offend you if we do not sell them." Who was Metea referring to when he said "their"?
(a) His ancestors.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) The army.
(d) Members of his tribe.

5. Who or what dictates the Christian belief of life after death, according to Deloria?
(a) Denominational preference.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The pope.
(d) What the preacher says.

6. In Chapter 14, Deloria asserts that when the younger generation visits the outside world of modern conveniences, which of the following occur?
(a) They are afraid of public transportation.
(b) It can cause a lack of harmony in in the Indian home.
(c) They never return home.
(d) They love music.

7. According to Deloria, in tribal communities a person is judged as useful or useless by his or her ___________________________.
(a) Family status.
(b) Hunting abilities.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Degree of participation in the community.

8. Name the example Deloria gives for the third type of sacred land.
(a) Where monuments are built.
(b) Where presidents are buried.
(c) Where Indians are buried.
(d) Where the Lord spoke to Moses.

9. How does Deloria believe the Indians felt about the establishment of reservations?
(a) No one told the Indians.
(b) The Indians are the ones that came up with the idea of reservations.
(c) The Indians did not like the establishment of reservations.
(d) The Indians thought it was a great idea.

10. In Chapter 10, what is Deloria's opinion of an afterlife with no difficulties?
(a) Great!
(b) Boring.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Ridiculous.

11. In Chapter 11, which of the following does Deloria emphasize regarding Indian religion?
(a) There is no worship on Sunday.
(b) Following the ten commandments is mandatory.
(c) A personal relationship with a personal savior is mandatory.
(d) A personal relationship with a personal savior is not required.

12. Deloria claims in Chapter 12 that American Christians discourage which of the following practices fundamental to tribal religions?
(a) Revivals.
(b) Ceremonial dancing.
(c) Joining religious beliefs to political beliefs.
(d) Marches against the government.

13. By 1887, Deloria claims the movement to suppress religious freedom on the reservation almost succeeded because of which of the following?
(a) Many tribal religious ceremonies had been banned.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Catholic churches were everywhere.
(d) Baptist churches were everywhere.

14. Deloria declares that the interpretation of religion has always been done through which of the following?
(a) The females of the culture.
(b) Indian chiefs.
(c) The authority of Westerners.
(d) Christian leaders.

15. In Chapter 10, who is given credit for developing the early idea of the immortality of the soul?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Romans.
(d) Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deloria explains that Indians believe that the souls of dead people often remain at the place of their __________,

2. The third type of sacred land described in Chapter 16 is which of the following?

3. While Christianity is a relationship between one person and God, how does Deloria explain tribal religions?

4. Deloria claims that in Australia, the Aborigines ____________.

5. According to Deloria, what was a repercussion of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?

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