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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 name of the horse thief and charlatan who became the land agent in Illinois for the Saints?

2. What date was the instruction given that the twelve apostles had all the ordinances and keys of the holy priesthood?

3. Visitors who came to Nauvoo were taken on a tour by Joseph Smith when?

4. Far West was in what county in Missouri?

5. Celestial marriage has often been ________ by those who are not members of the Church.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the ruin that a few men discovered in Far West Missouri?

2. How did the New York Herald characterize the accusations of Bennett against the church?

3. What did the New York Herald say in its obituary about Joseph Smith?

4. Some of the visitors to Nauvoo tried to do what to Joseph?

5. How were the Articles of Faith developed?

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

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

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

9. Why did women, after Joseph Smith's death, try to seal themselves to him?

10. How was the community in Far West Missouri laid out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a missionary? What were some of the missions that the Mormons were sent on? According to the author, what were the purposes of these missions? Use examples from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the differences between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the other churches of that time period? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, statements of the author are contradicted by facts. Cite at least three places where the author's characterization of events deviates from the facts, and discuss what the author hoped to accomplish from writing these characterizations.

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