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

2. When did Matthews leave the farm to live with a carpenter?

3. When did Matthews try to enlarged the store he worked at?

4. What did Matthews say the United States was in his eyes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Matthews' family while they were in Albany?

2. What happened in Sarah's life in mid-June 1830?

3. How were the Calvinist social ranks exhibited?

4. What mission did Elijah and Sarah undertake in "Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7"?

5. Why was Matthews interred in an asylum for two weeks?

6. What did the Anti-Burgher Secession Church stress and de-emphasize?

7. What was Kirtland and what did it predate?

8. What did God and Jesus promise to Elijah?

9. How did Matthews' life take a turn for the worse around 1816?

10. What did Matthews denounce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the sensationalist literary tradition and how it was influenced by Matthews' trial.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why The Kingdom dissolved and the significance of its dissolution.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of Finneyism, including its philosophy and role in the United States during the 1800's.

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