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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. Krakauer describes Watson Lafferty as a ________.
(a) Disciplinarian.
(b) Genius.
(c) Lunatic.
(d) Pacifist.

2. Why did Dan give up his driver's license and stop paying taxes?
(a) He was following the early teachings of Mormon.
(b) He was living in the wilderness.
(c) He lost all his money.
(d) He wanted to prove his love for God.

3. 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) Whom the Lafferty family represents.
(d) Why these murders happened.

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

5. Why did Smith write Section 132?
(a) To give Mormons rights.
(b) To make the LDS a political party.
(c) To make polygamy only apply to men.
(d) To ensure his offspring would lead after him.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the murders of Brenda and Erica Lafferty, what was Ron's sentence?

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

3. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?

4. When did Dan Lafferty's life begin to fall apart?

5. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the potential problems with the LDS recognizing personal revelations? Was it possible to correct these problems?

2. What caused the end of Smith and Law's friendship?

3. Was Smith a polygamist? According to whom?

4. Why did Leavitt bring Green to trial?

5. According to the Prologue, did the Lafferty brothers feel justified in their actions? How and why?

6. According to Palmer, why was Elizabeth Smart an easy target?

7. Why did Rockwell shoot the Missouri Governor? What was the outcome?

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

9. What is Section 132? Why was it important to Smith?

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

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