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

2. In Chapter 1, why was the publication of the National Indian Youth Council's pamphlet considered a monumental event?
(a) It involved the younger generation.
(b) It became mandatory reading.
(c) It was written by fifth graders.
(d) It was banned in every American high school.

3. A major development during the 1970's and 1980's was ___________________.
(a) The creation of smaller Indian reservations.
(b) The creation of larger Indian reservations.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The interest in the Indian movement by non-Indians.

4. When was the BIA ordered to find areas for the California Indians to reside?
(a) During the Great Depression.
(b) During WWII.
(c) During the Civil Rights Movement.
(d) During WWI.

5. According to the author, one of the first distinctions between Christianity and Indian religions is what?
(a) The supreme being is perceived.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The fact that Christians worship in buildings.
(d) The day of the week they worship.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Deloria, Arizona tribes used symbols on a _____________ in an attempt to keep events in chronological order.

2. Chapter 1 explains that the Indians revere their dead and believe their burial grounds to be _________.

3. What does Deloria believe caused science to pierce the veil of nature?

4. Deloria claims it is widely believed that the lack of record keeping in American Indian history is probably responsible for which of the following?

5. Repeatedly, Deloria mentions that Indian tribal religions believe in a vital relationship between which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Indians view creation?

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

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

5. Why were ecologists jealous of the Civil Rights Movement?

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

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

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

9. What are the differences between Christianity's belief in a Supreme Being and that of Indian religions?

10. How and by whom were Indian burial grounds desecrated?

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