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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. Ms. Brodie states that the endowment is borrowed from what?
(a) Secret Satanic rituals.
(b) Secret Masonic rituals.
(c) Secret Druid rituals.
(d) Secret Christian rituals.

2. In what year did Mormons try to vote in Daviess County for the first time?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1835.

3. Which paper published an obituary declaring that though Joseph was gone, his murder may give strength to the sect?
(a) Independence Inquisitor.
(b) Warsaw Expositor.
(c) New York Herald.
(d) Chicago Sun.

4. Which President did Joseph Smith visit to ask for help?
(a) President Ford.
(b) President Madison.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) President Van Buren.

5. Where were Joseph and Hyrum initially buried?
(a) Basement of the Nauvoo temple.
(b) Basement of the Carthage jail.
(c) Basement of the Nauvoo House.
(d) Basement of the Nauvoo church building.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph, who was charged with treason, and the sheriffs who took him from Nauvoo were to be tried in what location?

2. What was the name of the General who refused to shoot his Mormon prisoners?

3. Newspapers in the east noticed that a ________ _______ was in the making in Nauvoo.

4. How long were Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and four other in Liberty jail?

5. The first wife must _____ to any other wives.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of plural marriage?

2. Rather than seeking revenge, what did the Saints do when they learned of Joseph's death?

3. How could someone know that Joseph was acting for the Lord?

4. Joseph knew of the hostility towards Mormons from people, but where did he think the true problem was from?

5. What was the prophecy that Joseph Smith made in the spring of 1841?

6. Why, after the fighting in 1838, were the members asked to gather at Far West?

7. How did Joseph provide for the succession and maintenance of the leadership of the church?

8. When Joseph and the Saints moved to Nauvoo, where did he send missionaries?

9. What was one reason that the hostility towards Mormons was deep and far-flung?

10. How did Governor Ford plan to reduce the influence of the Nauvoo militia?

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