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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, Deloria states that Indian tribal religions do not believe in which of the following?
(a) The soul lives on forever.
(b) In forgiveness of sins.
(c) The soul must account for misdeeds during life.
(d) In a soul.

3. Chapter 12 details __________________ and how it affects religious cultures.
(a) Group mentality.
(b) Personal beliefs.
(c) Church hierarchy.
(d) Political movements.

4. Deloria encourages cultures outside tribal cultures to do which of the following?
(a) Abandon Christianity.
(b) Respect sacred places.
(c) Observe tribal religious traditions.
(d) Embrace the correlation between religion and nature.

5. Why have many people returned to the reservation according to Deloria?
(a) They missed their families.
(b) To lean rain dances.
(c) To be healed from ailments.
(d) To attend new universities.

6. Deloria believes culture shapes religion in which of the following ways?
(a) Contemporary American culture.
(b) European countries.
(c) Alaskan aboriginal tribes.
(d) Tribal Indian cultures.

7. Deloria explains that Indians believe that the souls of dead people often remain at the place of their __________,
(a) Funeral.
(b) Death.
(c) Wedding.
(d) Birth.

8. In 1934, what piece of legislation restored the Indian right to practice their religion freely?
(a) Indian Religious Freedom Act.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs Act.
(c) Act of Religious Freedom.
(d) Indian Reorganization Act.

9. In Chapter 14, Deloria believed that as technology expanded, tribal religion suffered because of which of the following?
(a) The internet.
(b) The younger generation was attracted by the outside modern world.
(c) Everyone watched preachers on television.
(d) The radio played religious services daily.

10. While Christianity is a relationship between one person and God, how does Deloria explain tribal religions?
(a) Not as personal.
(b) Always changing.
(c) More complicated because of ceremonial rites.
(d) A covenant between a particular god and a particular community.

11. The third type of sacred land described in Chapter 16 is which of the following?
(a) The birthplace of Geronimo.
(b) Overwhelming holiness.
(c) Agriculturally fertile land.
(d) The desert.

12. Deloria claims that religion dominates a tribal culture and which of the following?
(a) Political activity is less important.
(b) Political activity and religious activity are intertwined.
(c) Political activity and religious activity are always clearly defined.
(d) Ceremonial activities are not political.

13. In Chapter 10, Deloria claims the Spanish would have a priest standing by to baptize a fetus after killing its mother and before killing it. Why would they feel a baptism was necessary?
(a) No answer is correct.
(b) Baptized babies go to heaven.
(c) To ease the conscience of the killers.
(d) This really didn't happen.

14. In Chapter 14, Deloria states that it is common in modern America to find which of the following in regard to religion?
(a) Shared doctrine.
(b) Represent traditional worship.
(c) Shaped by the culture.
(d) Follow Indian traditions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baptism, according to Deloria?

2. Deloria declares in Chapter 15 that to this day, which country still refuses to recognize land titles to their Indians?

3. In Chapter 10, regarding immortality of the soul and resurrection of the dead, Deloria claims Indian religions ____________________________.

4. In Chapter 10, Deloria said tribal communities believe death to be what type of event?.

5. In Chapter 17, Deloria claims the earth is _______________________________________.

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