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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deloria claims in Chapter 12 that American Christians discourage which of the following practices fundamental to tribal religions?
(a) Revivals.
(b) Marches against the government.
(c) Ceremonial dancing.
(d) Joining religious beliefs to political beliefs.

2. Almost universally, Deloria claims tribal religions produced people ___________________.
(a) Afraid of death.
(b) Willing to die for their land.
(c) Unafraid of death.
(d) Willing to become Christians.

3. On what issue was the 1968 protest?
(a) Government assessing tolls for crossing a bridge.
(b) Farming rights along borderlines.
(c) A new Indian curfew.
(d) The boundary line between two territories.

4. In Chapter 12, Deloria refers to Jimmy and Tammy Faye Bakker as _____________,
(a) Prophets.
(b) Clowns.
(c) Insightful.
(d) The way of the future.

5. Deloria claims that the chronology of Christian culture and religious doctrine is dependent on the presence of which of the following?
(a) Jews and Jesus.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Cross.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What people do Deloria claim fears death more than any other group?

2. The creation of man is also part of the Christian _______.

3. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?

4. Some tribes, such as the Lakota and Sioux, held special death ceremonies where a sacred pipe was used and the souls were kept to be purified and eventually released. What happened to these ceremonies in the 1890's?

5. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?

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