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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 was Joseph given in 1835 via purchase by some unknown church member?
(a) Several musical instruments.
(b) Several blocks of land.
(c) Several papyri.
(d) Several horses.

2. In 1937, who stated that of the many religious books printed in the 19th century, the Book of Mormon was most likely the most powerful?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Olivia Bernhart.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Carmen Harris.

3. On March 24, 1832 who led a mob to tar and feather Joseph?
(a) Symonds Rollins.
(b) Stmonds Harris.
(c) Symonds Ryder.
(d) Symonda Guerra.

4. Joseph suffered from what disease which left him with a limp?
(a) Measles.
(b) Fever.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Chicken pox.

5. In what year was the Church of Jesus Christ officially organized?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1820.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priesthood that John the Baptist gave Joseph and Oliver Cowdery?

2. The Robert Smith family came to Massachusetts in what year?

3. What did Joseph place between himself and his scribe, to keep the plates hidden?

4. Joseph and Oliver Cowdry knelt in prayer, and received a vision from John the Baptist about what issue?

5. How many people did Joseph Smith see in his vision while in the grove of trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. When were the Twelve Apostles called, and who were they?

2. What did Joseph do, in order to determine for himself which of the churches were true?

3. What political freedom enabled Joseph Smith to start a new church?

4. What was Governor DeWitt Clinton's theory of the Mound Builders?

5. What were the three basic causes for the persecution Mormons suffered in Missouri?

6. When he knelt with Joseph Smith and prayed about Baptism, how does Oliver Cowdery describe his vision?

7. How was the Telestial Kingdom of Heaven described?

8. In Ohio, what type of life were people trying to lead, and why?

9. What are the origins of Joseph Smith's family?

10. What was Emma's description of the plates?

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