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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the amount of the fine levied against the bank in Kirtland?
2. How many men are called to be Apostles?
3. Joseph translated the Book of Abraham through what?
4. What was the name of the bank the leadership of the Church tried to organize?
5. In what year was Joseph Smith allowed to take the plates home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Zion's camp?
2. What did Joseph do, in order to determine for himself which of the churches were true?
3. Why did Joseph's father move the family to Palmyra, New York?
4. What political freedom enabled Joseph Smith to start a new church?
5. What was the School of the Prophets?
6. Much of the information the author discovers about Joseph Smith, in his youth, is characterized how?
7. Describe the vision Joseph Smith had in the grove of trees.
8. What is one of the things the author accuses Joseph Smith of participating in, rather than in being a man of God?
9. What was Joseph accused of when the printing press caught fire in Kirtland?
10. How does Joseph Smith compare the times he lived in to the times of Christ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What were some of the differences between the Mormons and the old settlers in Missouri? What kinds of problems did these differences cause and why? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is a theocracy? Using examples from the book to support your answer; discuss how the church in Joseph's time resembled, and did not resemble, a theocracy.
Essay Topic 3
Why was the time ripe for a new church to develop? What historical, cultural, societal and political events were taking place that allowed Joseph Smith to be able to form a new church? Support your answer with examples from the book.
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