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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. What did Matthews' rumored beating of his wife, his strange moods, and his unsteady work habits convince Kirk of?

2. What did Joseph Smith found?

3. When did Matthews marry Margaret?

4. What did Matthews open in Manhattan a year or two after moving with the carpenter?

5. What did Elijah hear God call him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Elijah do in 1820 and why was this significant?

2. What did Elijah volunteer to become in 1819?

3. What was Kirtland and what did it predate?

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

5. How did Matthias see the United States?

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

7. How did Joseph Smith feel about Matthias and what did he do after a sermon?

8. Who were the Finneyites and what did they denounce?

9. What was the Anti-Burgher Secession Church?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of Matthews' fire and brimstone sermons, and the claims that Matthews made about himself.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the anti-Burgher Secession Church with Calvinism and Catholicism, examining the similarities and differences among the three churches.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between Elijah and Sarah, as well as Elijah's role in The Kingdom of Matthias.

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