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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Elijah leave his childhood town?
(a) Train as a journalist.
(b) Train as a banker.
(c) Train as a physician.
(d) Train as a clerk.

2. Why did Matthews not introduce himself to Joseph Smith under his real name?
(a) Joseph Smith didn't want any competitive preachers.
(b) He wanted to infiltrate the Mormons.
(c) He was escaping jail time.
(d) He was infamous in New York.

3. Who did Elijah open a mercantile store with?
(a) Robert Matthews.
(b) Martha Kirk.
(c) John Steinbrenner.
(d) Benjamin Globle.

4. Where was Matthews going at the start of the "Prologue"?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Albany.
(d) A Mormon settlement.

5. What did Joseph Smith found?
(a) Mormonism.
(b) Pentecostalism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Presbyterianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious upbringing did Elijah have?

2. What was perceived as the enemy by sects forming in the 1820's to the 1840's?

3. What did Elijah hear God call him?

4. What was Sarah diagnosed with?

5. What part of New York did Elijah and Sarah help prostitutes at?

(see the answer key)

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