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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?
(a) Ocean temperature.
(b) Bacteria in the ocean.
(c) The environment.
(d) The continent's rapidly deteriorating ecosystem.

2. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Basic Indian Area.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(d) Brooklyn Indian Administration.

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

4. In Chapter 9, "Natural and Hybrid Peoples," Deloria discusses the various images invoked when one thinks about which of the following?
(a) Space Aliens.
(b) Indian warriors.
(c) Christian preachers.
(d) A Supreme Being.

5. When was the BIA ordered to find areas for the California Indians to reside?
(a) During the Civil Rights Movement.
(b) During WWII.
(c) During WWI.
(d) During the Great Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?

2. The Bible says Adam and Eve were made how?

3. Finish this sentence: Deloria teaches that American Indians had almost no use for __________________________________.

4. In Chapter 6, the author explains that American Indians held no importance for which of the following?

5. Who refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla because he felt all of creation was not represented in the agreement?

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