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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. If Christianity faces internal collapse, Deloria offers which of the following suggestions?
(a) Give up and start over.
(b) Pray to the Great Spirit for guidance.
(c) Turn to Indian religious culture for answers.
(d) Fast and pray until Jesus returns.

2. 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) Many tribal ceremonies were banned.
(c) The BIA lost its authority.
(d) New Christian ceremonies were created.

3. What major reason did Deloria give for the Indians' refusal to give up their land to the whites?
(a) They knew the land would be valuable some day.
(b) Spiritual ancestors live on the land.
(c) They loved the land more than their life.
(d) Their wise men told them not to surrender.

4. Deloria explains Christian religious interpretation is derived from which of the following?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) Christian doctrine.
(c) The pope.
(d) Indian chiefs.

5. In Chapter 10, Deloria claims the Spanish would have a priest standing by to baptize a fetus after killing its mother and before killing it. Why would they feel a baptism was necessary?
(a) This really didn't happen.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) To ease the conscience of the killers.
(d) Baptized babies go to heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 16 discusses moral responsibility and ___________________.

2. In Chapter 17, Deloria complains that religious interpretation does not try to understand religious experiences beyond ________________.

3. In Chapter 17, Deloria ponders whether old tribal religions can do which of the following?

4. In Chapter 17, Deloria claims the earth is _______________________________________.

5. In Chapter 15, Deloria said the United States established a claims commission in order to do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Indian philosophy of salvation and personal judgment.

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

3. How does Canada treat the Canadian Indian tribes?

4. What are the two propositions that have to do with life and the hereafter? Where did these propositions originate?

5. What theme is repeated throughout the few chapters, if not the book? (Pertaining to God and individuals.)

6. Deloria names three types of sacred lands. Describe one of them.

7. What is the difference between Christianity and Indian tribal beliefs regarding individuality?

8. Name one reason why some of the Indian tribal ceremonies were prohibited.

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

10. Name a second type of sacred land.

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