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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sat in the front of a Calvinist church in the early 1800's?
(a) Children.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The poor.
(d) Those who donated the most.

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

3. Who refused to talk to Elijah after Sarah's death?
(a) God.
(b) His brother, Martin.
(c) Katy.
(d) His father in law.

4. What part of New York did Elijah and Sarah help prostitutes at?
(a) Six Points.
(b) Three Points.
(c) Five Points.
(d) Two Points.

5. What did Matthews do after abandoning his family?
(a) He went to Kirtland.
(b) He went to western New York State.
(c) He went to Utah.
(d) He went to the asylum.

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

7. When did Sarah and Elijah marry?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1825.

8. What did Elijah and Sarah Start to get prostitutes off the street?
(a) The Female Asylum Society.
(b) The Second Chance Society.
(c) The Female Safe House.
(d) The Female Assistance Society.

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

10. What did Smith know about Joshua after their first meeting?
(a) That he wanted him to stay.
(b) That he was dangerous.
(c) That his beliefs reflected his own.
(d) That he was Matthews.

11. What was the name of Elijah's servant?
(a) Sophy.
(b) Matha.
(c) Katy.
(d) Susan.

12. When did Matthews' parents die?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1799.

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

14. What was perceived as the enemy by sects forming in the 1820's to the 1840's?
(a) The Atheists.
(b) The Yankee middle class.
(c) Progressivism.
(d) The Government.

15. How long did Elijah pray at Sarah's funeral?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 6 hour.
(c) 12 hour.
(d) 2 hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Matthews' convinced of after God told him to stop shaving?

2. What did Joseph Smith found?

3. How did Matthews' coworkers deem him?

4. Who did Matthews come to resent after his release from prison?

5. When did Matthews marry Margaret?

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