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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. According to Deloria, in American Indian tribal religions there is a noticeable absence of which of the following?
(a) Cemetaries.
(b) The fear of death.
(c) Baptisms.
(d) Life after death beliefs.

2. According to Deloria, in tribal communities a person is judged as useful or useless by his or her ___________________________.
(a) Appearance.
(b) Hunting abilities.
(c) Family status.
(d) Degree of participation in the community.

3. Almost universally, Deloria claims tribal religions produced people ___________________.
(a) Willing to become Christians.
(b) Afraid of death.
(c) Unafraid of death.
(d) Willing to die for their land.

4. How does Deloria believe the Indians felt about the establishment of reservations?
(a) The Indians did not like the establishment of reservations.
(b) The Indians are the ones that came up with the idea of reservations.
(c) The Indians thought it was a great idea.
(d) No one told the Indians.

5. According to Deloria, what was the result of many Christian zealots posing as Indian agents for the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Christians understood ceremonial meanings.
(b) The BIA lost its authority.
(c) Many tribal ceremonies were banned.
(d) New Christian ceremonies were created.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Deloria believes that the distinction between the immortality of the soul and the Christian ideal of the resurrection of the dead is best described as which of the following?

3. Deloria claims that in Australia, the Aborigines ____________.

4. According to Deloria, what was a repercussion of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?

5. Deloria believes tribal religions did not consider life after death _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What ceremony did the federal government ban in the 1890's?

2. Explain Deloria's feelings of near death experiences as they pertain to the hereafter.

3. Name a second type of sacred land.

4. What did "God is Red" list as a disadvantage of the reservations in terms of religion?

5. Deloria states that Christianity is not wrong, but that if there ever is an internal collapse in Christian doctrine, what will be there?

6. In Deloria's opinion, why is it a problem that some tribes choose not to use modern conveniences?

7. Compare religion and politics from a Christian and an Indian point of view.

8. How are dreams discussed in the chapter on human personality?

9. According to Deloria, how are developments of contemporary American culture and Indian tribal cultures different?

10. Name the third type of sacred land Deloria mentions in the book.

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