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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. Celestial marriage is also called what?

2. Who was the attorney for the Mormons when they were tried after being arrested in Far West?

3. The endowment can be received for yourself or by _______.

4. Ms. Brodie assumes that the endowment is what type of rite?

5. Who excommunicated Bennett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to anyone who might testify on behalf of Joseph when he was brought in front of Judge King?

2. What did Bennett use the first 50 pages of his book for?

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

4. What caused the fight on August 6, 1838?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a bias? Using examples from the book to support your answer: What is the author's bias while writing this book, and how does she demonstrate her bias?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the similarities and differences for the Saints in their different homes? Discuss, using examples, how the Saints' lives differed, and were similar, in Kirtland, Far West, and Nauvoo.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, how did revelations that Joseph received contribute to the challenges the Saints faced during this time? Discuss at least two revelations and their impact on the Saints, the political situation and Joseph Smith himself.

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