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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the middle class' evangelical reformist movement lead to for men and women?
(a) Having men in charge of religion and women in charge of the household.
(b) Having women be subservient.
(c) Having men be subservient.
(d) Greater equality.

2. What does the "Prologue" say of Matthews and Joseph Smith in 1835?
(a) They were equally notorious.
(b) They were both murderers.
(c) They were unknown.
(d) They both spent time in prison.

3. When did Sarah fall ill?
(a) June 1829.
(b) May 1830.
(c) June 1830.
(d) June 1832.

4. How many children did Matthews and Margaret eventually have?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

5. What does the "Prologue" state about those who opposed the middle class' evangelical reformist movement?
(a) They were in power.
(b) They were rich.
(c) They were dangerous.
(d) They were poor and less educated.

6. What did Joseph Smith tell Matthews when they first met?
(a) That he wanted to found a new state.
(b) That progressivism was evil.
(c) Smith told Matthews of his visions.
(d) That he knew who he was.

7. What did the Retrenchment Society build according to "Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7"?
(a) Schools for poor children.
(b) A clinic for the poor.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A church for the slaves.

8. When did Kirk arrive in Albany according to "Robert Matthews, Parts 5 through 7"?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1828.

9. What part of Calvinism did Kirk rail against?
(a) Free will.
(b) Communion.
(c) Patriarchy.
(d) Predestination.

10. Who did Matthews strike a cord with according to the "Prologue"?
(a) Those afraid of change.
(b) Women.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Men.

11. What was the name of the church at the center of Elijah's childhood town?
(a) The Second Presbyterian Church.
(b) The First Presbyterian Church.
(c) The Fourth Presbyterian Church.
(d) The Third Presbyterian Church.

12. What congregation did Kirk work at when he first arrived in Albany?
(a) Third Presbyterian Church.
(b) Second Presbyterian Church.
(c) First Presbyterian Church.
(d) Sixth Presbyterian Church.

13. What did Elijah think God would do for him if he continued to spread the Gospel?
(a) Return Sarah to him.
(b) Give him power over the United States.
(c) Make him king of the world.
(d) Make him forget Sarah.

14. Who personified the middle class' evangelical reformists of the 1820's and 1840's?
(a) Charles Grandison Finney.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Elijah Smith.
(d) James Kirk.

15. What Jew influenced Matthews after he returned to New York?
(a) Rabbi Adelstine.
(b) Mordecai Maidanik.
(c) Mordecai Manuel Noah.
(d) Mordecai Aaronson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mission did Kirk set for himself after rejecting Matthews's request to join his church?

2. What church did Matthews find inspiring after losing his sons?

3. What was the period from 1820 to 1840 called?

4. When did Matthews try to enlarged the store he worked at?

5. How many of his sons did Matthews lose to illness between 1816 and 1819?

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