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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. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?
(a) Worshipping trees.
(b) Keeping a calendar.
(c) Living long lives.
(d) Remembering events.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Name one major development between 1972 and 1990 that was mentioned in Chapter 2.
(a) Integration of religious Indian beliefs with that of traditional churches.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) The creation of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(d) The abolition of the Indian Christian Assembly.

Short Answer Questions

1. The creation of man is also part of the Christian _______.

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

3. Deloria explains that many Christian religions believe God exists how?

4. Chapter 7, "The Spatial Problem of History," addresses the spatial issues involved with which of the following?

5. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do tribal religions interpret creation?

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

4. Explain the use of the term "Grandfather" in Indian cultures.

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

6. Discuss the term "Vanishing Americans."

7. What did Deloria and a radio talk show host find so funny and why?

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

9. Why did the Indians begin protesting in the 1960's?

10. How did WWII impact the Indians?

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