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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Smith finally able to read the gold plates?
(a) He learned German.
(b) Moroni gave him peep stones.
(c) He polished the plates.
(d) Moroni read them to him.

2. What idea of Mormon families was the biggest problem to Debbie Palmer?
(a) The strict rules.
(b) The number of children.
(c) The patriarchy.
(d) The low standards of living.

3. Fundamentalists believed the government was an entity of _______.
(a) Europe.
(b) Satan.
(c) God.
(d) Smith.

4. How did Mitchell justify his abduction of Elizabeth Smart?
(a) He was a man and could do anything he wanted.
(b) Their marriage was ordained by God.
(c) Elizabeth asked him to save her from her family.
(d) He was temporarily insane and didn't realize what he was doing.

5. What effect did the strict regulations on sex in fundamentalist communities have, according to Debbie?
(a) People were much more at ease.
(b) People were afraid of their husbands.
(c) Sexual assault was common amongst teens.
(d) Sexual assault was rare and severely punished.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was sex regulated in fundamentalist Mormon communities?

2. How did the modern Mormon Church receive Ron and Dan?

3. What effect did the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887 have on the Mormon Church?

4. In "Under the Banner of Heaven," what does Krakauer believe is the biggest disagreement between fundamentalists and modern Mormons?

5. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?

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