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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the author, one of the first distinctions between Christianity and Indian religions is what?
(a) The supreme being is perceived.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The day of the week they worship.
(d) The fact that Christians worship in buildings.
2. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?
(a) Anthropomorphically.
(b) As an animal.
(c) At all.
(d) During the day.
3. According to Deloria, when telling a story, an Indian may say it happened long ago without stating a specific what?
(a) Day.
(b) Year.
(c) Month.
(d) Date or time.
4. Deloria claims it is widely believed that the lack of record keeping in American Indian history is probably responsible for which of the following?
(a) Lost dates and times.
(b) Great oral traditions of the Indian tribes.
(c) Mystery surrounding Indian events.
(d) Lack of historical information.
5. Repeatedly, Deloria mentions that Indian tribal religions believe in a vital relationship between which of the following?
(a) Animals and trees.
(b) Nature and humans.
(c) Nature and space.
(d) Humans and stars.
Short Answer Questions
1. By the 1960's, how did many tribes across the country begin to protest their treatment?
2. Why did some whites dig up Indian bodies from their graves?
3. How did large groups of whites defile Indian burial grounds?
4. Name one major development between 1972 and 1990 that was mentioned in Chapter 2.
5. Deloria claims that the chronology of Christian culture and religious doctrine is dependent on the presence of which of the following?
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