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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the facts Krakauer provides?
(a) It enhances his credibility.
(b) It adds extra bulk to the book.
(c) It gives credit to the contributors.
(d) It serves as a backdrop.

2. Krakauer explains that early Mormons believed government law was inferior to __________.
(a) Basic human rights.
(b) Smith's law.
(c) Natural law.
(d) God's law.

3. How did Smith convince Emma to support his polygamist marriage?
(a) He told her she would be doomed to hell.
(b) He told her God would be happy.
(c) He wrote her a poem.
(d) He gave her lots of money.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Krakauer explains that many Christians converted to Mormonism because of __________________.

2. After Smith destroyed Law's printing press, people feared Smith would become a _______ leader.

3. Why was Smith sued by his clients for fraud?

4. Debbie Palmer was her own step-grandmother because polygamist men have the right to marry their ______.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was DeLoy no longer with the Mormon Church?

2. What is the purpose of Krakauer presenting the entire story upfront in the prologue? Is he giving away the whole book?

3. Why was Joseph Smith charged with fraud? How did his treasure business compare with his religious revelation?

4. Why were the relations between Missourians and Mormons strained?

5. According to Krakauer, how different are modern and fundamentalist Mormons?

6. Was Smith obedient with the angel Moroni? What was the outcome?

7. What does Krakauer see as "strange" about the road to Smith's revelation?

8. Why was the LDS most appealing to Americans?

9. How does Krakauer build his story?

10. Why was Crossfield excommunicated? How much of the LDS rejected him?

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