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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. What action did Joseph Smith take in the grove of trees where he went to pray?
(a) He knelt.
(b) He searched the trees.
(c) He went into the water.
(d) He stood.

2. After what war did the United States break the hold of the traditional church?
(a) War of the Roses.
(b) Revolutionary War.
(c) War of 1812.
(d) Civil War.

3. Where was Joseph Smith born?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. How many men are called to be Apostles?
(a) Six.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

5. When Joseph heard the news from Ohio, that mobs had driven people from their homes, to whom did he write a letter?
(a) President Ford.
(b) President Jackson.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) President Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase "burnt over" was in recognition of the many _____ that Joseph's home town had.

2. Where in New York did Joseph's family settle?

3. Despite claims by the author, the only evidence to suggest that Joseph lusted for women is statements given by whom?

4. The popular method to discover treasures was to use what kind of rod?

5. How many people did Joseph Smith see in his vision while in the grove of trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joseph do, in order to determine for himself which of the churches were true?

2. What was the School of the Prophets?

3. What political freedom enabled Joseph Smith to start a new church?

4. What was Mr. Anthon's reaction when he was told he could not see the plates?

5. How was the Telestial Kingdom of Heaven described?

6. After Joseph Smith translated the first 116 pages, what happened to the pages?

7. What caused Joseph Smith to have a slight limp?

8. Why did the leaders of the church believe that their bank would be approved by the Ohio legislature?

9. What is one of the things the author accuses Joseph Smith of participating in, rather than in being a man of God?

10. What was one problem that apostates presented?

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