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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Deloria believe some Christians will feel about his comparisons of Christianity and Indian tribal religions?
(a) Upset.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.

2. Deloria uses what two theories to explain the differences between Christianity and Indian religious doctrine?
(a) Bible and nature.
(b) Culture and nature.
(c) Bible and science.
(d) Culture and science.

3. According to Deloria, Arizona tribes used symbols on a _____________ in an attempt to keep events in chronological order.
(a) Animal hide.
(b) Calendar.
(c) Calendar stick.
(d) Cave wall.

4. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?
(a) A better society.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Lower taxes.
(d) Religious freedom.

5. In Chapter 5, which of the following Christian beliefs does Deloria claim concerns American Indians?
(a) Jesus will come again.
(b) Man has dominion over the rest of creation.
(c) Sin exists in the world.
(d) Nature is not important.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Deloria claims that the domestic affairs of the United States included the American Indians up until what date?

2. Deloria believes that the distinction between the immortality of the soul and the Christian ideal of the resurrection of the dead is best described as which of the following?

3. Deloria makes the following statement in Chapter 11, "There is no salvation in tribal religions apart from ______________________."

4. Chapter 5 claims that Christian theology has a theory of how ____________.

5. By the 1500's, Deloria claims it was popularly accepted that the Indians could live on their natural land, until which of the following took place?

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