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

2. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?
(a) Bacteria in the ocean.
(b) The continent's rapidly deteriorating ecosystem.
(c) The environment.
(d) Ocean temperature.

3. However, regarding time, the author said the Plains Indians use an animal hide to do what?
(a) Worship buffalo.
(b) Show their wealth.
(c) Keep a "Winter Count."
(d) Hide from whites.

4. How did Deloria believe American Indians were treated?
(a) Well .
(b) Like everyone else.
(c) Unfairly.
(d) Differently than other ethnic groups.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bible says Adam and Eve were made how?

2. The author explains that Indian religions do not promote which of the following?

3. Chapter 5 claims that Christian theology has a theory of how ____________.

4. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?

5. What was the reason for most Indian protests?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do tribal religions interpret creation?

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

4. Why does Deloria consider the origin of religion vague?

5. Explain religious controversy in regards to Indian religions and Christian religions.

6. Discuss why Young Chief, a Cayuse, refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla.

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

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

9. Name some of the cultures Deloria compares when describing a Supreme Being.

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

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