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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 was the search for Ruby Jessop less thorough than for Elizabeth Smart?
(a) Ruby was poor.
(b) Ruby's parents told the police not to.
(c) Ruby ran away.
(d) Ruby was born into a polygamist family.

2. What question does Krakauer claim he will answer in "Under the Banner of Heaven"?
(a) What defines right and wrong.
(b) What the meaning of life is.
(c) Why these murders happened.
(d) Whom the Lafferty family represents.

3. Krakauer makes the observation that all religions have their share of _______.
(a) Gods.
(b) Idiosyncrasies.
(c) Discrepancies.
(d) Beliefs.

4. What did Crossfield teach his students at the School of the Prophets?
(a) How to reason with politicians.
(b) How to praise God.
(c) How to have personal revelations.
(d) How to rebel against the Latter Day Saints.

5. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?
(a) Canada.
(b) The Dream Mine.
(c) The main church.
(d) Salt Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph Smith was the son of a ______.

2. What similarities does Krakauer cite between fundamentalist and modern Mormons?

3. Why were the Mormons permitted to settle in Illinois?

4. Why did Rockwell try to kill Missouri's governor?

5. Why were people drawn to Joseph Smith?

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