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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Krakauer, why is it difficult for young girls to break away from abusive marriages in fundamentalist communities?
(a) There is strict security in the communities.
(b) The police are also polygamists.
(c) The girls are very attached to their families.
(d) The girls are raised to comply.

2. Mormons attacked the Missourians after an _______ Missourian beat a Mormon man.
(a) Irate.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Insane.
(d) Intoxicated.

3. How did non-Mormons feel about the beliefs printed in the Book of Mormon?
(a) Interested.
(b) Elated.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Offended.

4. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?
(a) He looked at them before he was instructed to do so.
(b) He couldn't understand them.
(c) Moroni didn't show him the right ones.
(d) There was a time limit on them.

5. Why did Rockwell try to kill Missouri's governor?
(a) To fulfill Smith's prophecy.
(b) To free his people.
(c) Rockwell was crazy.
(d) Rockwell wanted to be governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Mormons allowed to settle in Caldwell County?

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

3. What was the flaw Krakauer observes in Smith's story of the Lamanites?

4. How did the Mormons respond to being attacked by Missourians in October, 1838?

5. What did Smith change in his rules for the Mormon Church because of Crossfield?

(see the answer key)

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