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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deloria claims that the chronology of Christian culture and religious doctrine is dependent on the presence of which of the following?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The Cross.
(d) Jews and Jesus.

2. Deloria claims that many cultures perceive God as man because of which of the following?
(a) Indian beliefs.
(b) They are ignorant.
(c) Wording in the Bible.
(d) They are egotistical.

3. Deloria claims it is widely believed that the lack of record keeping in American Indian history is probably responsible for which of the following?
(a) Mystery surrounding Indian events.
(b) Great oral traditions of the Indian tribes.
(c) Lack of historical information.
(d) Lost dates and times.

4. What are the two stereotypical categories Deloria refers to?
(a) Educated and uneducated.
(b) Murderers and horse thieves.
(c) Warlike savages and wise old men.
(d) Hunters and gathers.

5. According to Deloria, when telling a story, an Indian may say it happened long ago without stating a specific what?
(a) Month.
(b) Date or time.
(c) Year.
(d) Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Deloria claims Christianity puts a great deal of focus on creation and what it means to _________.

3. By the 1960's, how did many tribes across the country begin to protest their treatment?

4. Deloria believes one of the greatest offenses to the Indian tribes was what?

5. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Indian connection to nature relate to their religious beliefs?

2. Explain the different reactions of Christians and Indians to supernatural phenomena, such as meteors and supernovae.

3. Explain the American Indian's methods of record keeping.

4. Explain the Christian idea of creation.

5. Was it a good thing that Americans began to take more interest in the American Indians in the late 1960's? Why?

6. How do Indians view creation?

7. How do American Indians tend to view their history and religion? Is this similar or different from traditional Western beliefs?

8. How are beliefs based on political persuasion, as explained by Deloria?

9. the 1860's, how did the American Indian suffer at the hand of federal bureaucrats?

10. What did the explosion of New Age culture, numerology, astrology, martial arts, shamanism and witchcraft have in common according to Deloria?

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