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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. When did Sarah die?
(a) June 29, 1832.
(b) May 29, 1830.
(c) June 29, 1830.
(d) June 2, 1830.

2. What was the name of the sister church of the Retrenchment Society?
(a) The First Free Calvinist of New York.
(b) The First Free Presbyterian of New York.
(c) The First Free Presbyterian of Albany.
(d) The Second Free Presbyterian of New York.

3. What did Smith know about Joshua after their first meeting?
(a) That his beliefs reflected his own.
(b) That he was Matthews.
(c) That he was dangerous.
(d) That he wanted him to stay.

4. What did Elijah hear God call him?
(a) Prophet Elijah of Tishbe.
(b) Saint Elijah.
(c) Prophet Elijah of New york.
(d) Jesus reincarnate.

5. Who sat in the front of a Calvinist church in the early 1800's?
(a) Children.
(b) The poor.
(c) Those who donated the most.
(d) The merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became the center of moral instruction and domestic authority in Elijah's movement?

2. What did Sarah's death spark in Elijah?

3. What did the middle class' evangelical reformist movement think of the Calvinist family structure?

4. What was the name of the church at the center of Elijah's childhood town?

5. What does the "Prologue" say of Matthews and Joseph Smith in 1835?

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