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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dan remember his childhood?
(a) As an unconventional one.
(b) As a traumatic one.
(c) He has no memory of it.
(d) As a happy one.

2. After fleeing Illinois, why did Smith return?
(a) To get his family.
(b) He believed he was abandoning his people.
(c) He missed his home.
(d) To confess his faults.

3. At the School of the Prophets, what practice did Crossfield attempt to reinstate in his students?
(a) Fasts.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Prayer.

4. Krakauer explains that early Mormons believed government law was inferior to __________.
(a) God's law.
(b) Smith's law.
(c) Basic human rights.
(d) Natural law.

5. Fundamentalists believed the government was an entity of _______.
(a) Europe.
(b) Satan.
(c) Smith.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph Smith is believed to have practiced ________.

2. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?

3. How did Smith convince Emma to support his polygamist marriage?

4. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?

5. What was the flaw Krakauer observes in Smith's story of the Lamanites?

(see the answer key)

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