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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. Dan and Ron believed Brenda and Erica's deaths were _______.
(a) Unremarkable.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Justified.
2. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?
(a) If he prayed ten times a day.
(b) If he paid Moroni.
(c) If he married Emma Harris.
(d) If he went to the mountain.
3. According to Debbie Palmer, what made Elizabeth Smart an easy target for abduction?
(a) She was taught to be obedient and passive.
(b) She was very beautiful and kind.
(c) She was angry with her parents.
(d) Her parents didn't pay any attention to her.
4. What question does Krakauer claim he will answer in "Under the Banner of Heaven"?
(a) Whom the Lafferty family represents.
(b) What defines right and wrong.
(c) Why these murders happened.
(d) What the meaning of life is.
5. Krakauer makes the observation that all religions have their share of _______.
(a) Gods.
(b) Discrepancies.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Idiosyncrasies.
Short Answer Questions
1. In his revelation, what does Crossfield claim he was told by God?
2. Why did Smith plead guilty to treason?
3. According to Krakauer, why is there no proof of Smith's revelation?
4. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?
5. At the School of the Prophets, what practice did Crossfield attempt to reinstate in his students?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Joseph Smith charged with fraud? How did his treasure business compare with his religious revelation?
2. What is Section 132? Why was it important to Smith?
3. According to Krakauer, how different are modern and fundamentalist Mormons?
4. Why did Debbie Palmer and Flora Jessop act as they did?
5. Why was the LDS most appealing to Americans?
6. Why did Rockwell shoot the Missouri Governor? What was the outcome?
7. According to Lorna Craig, how was the response to Elizabeth Smart's disappearance different from Ruby Jessop's? Why does she believe there was a different response and effort?
8. Was Smith a polygamist? According to whom?
9. How does Krakauer build his story?
10. How is the Lafferty family described?
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