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

2. Krakauer uses direct quotes from the _____________.
(a) Chicago Sun Times.
(b) Salt Lake Tribune.
(c) Laffertys' diaries.
(d) New York Times.

3. What effect did the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887 have on the Mormon Church?
(a) It invalidated personal revelations.
(b) It recognized the LDS as a legitimate organization.
(c) It legalized polygamy.
(d) It outlawed polygamy.

4. What information did Allen Lafferty provide which aided Krakauer's description of the murders?
(a) A timeline of the day.
(b) The history of the School of the Prophets.
(c) The motives of his brothers.
(d) The history of his family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Krakauer says he will try to explain the ______ of the Lafferty brothers' murders.

2. How did Dan remember his childhood?

3. In his revelation, what does Crossfield claim he was told by God?

4. At the School of the Prophets, what practice did Crossfield attempt to reinstate in his students?

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

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