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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elijah Pierson, Introduction and Parts 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the church at the center of Elijah's childhood town?
(a) The Second Presbyterian Church.
(b) The Fourth Presbyterian Church.
(c) The First Presbyterian Church.
(d) The Third Presbyterian Church.

2. When was Elijah born?
(a) 1766.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1789.

3. What does the "Prologue" say of Matthews and Joseph Smith in 1835?
(a) They were both murderers.
(b) They were equally notorious.
(c) They both spent time in prison.
(d) They were unknown.

4. What did Matthews say the United States was in his eyes?
(a) The second Babel.
(b) The second Gomorrah.
(c) The second Babylon.
(d) The second Sodom.

5. When did Sarah and Elijah marry?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1823.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elijah known for being according to "Elijah Pierson, Introduction and Parts 1 through 4"?

2. When did Elijah and Sarah move to Bowery Hill to join a burgeoning perfectionist community?

3. Why did Frances Folger scold a fellow church member?

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

5. When did Elijah open a mercantile firm on Pearl Street?

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