View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What similarities does Krakauer cite between fundamentalist and modern Mormons?
(a) They are both prominent forces in American politics.
(b) They follow the same leader.
(c) They live together.
(d) They stem from the same laws and principles.

3. How did non-Mormons feel about the beliefs printed in the Book of Mormon?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Offended.
(c) Interested.
(d) Elated.

4. According to Debbie Palmer, what made Elizabeth Smart an easy target for abduction?
(a) She was very beautiful and kind.
(b) She was taught to be obedient and passive.
(c) Her parents didn't pay any attention to her.
(d) She was angry with her parents.

5. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?
(a) He couldn't understand them.
(b) Moroni didn't show him the right ones.
(c) He looked at them before he was instructed to do so.
(d) There was a time limit on them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Mormons settle in Missouri?

3. Why did fundamentalists see accepting government funds as a virtuous act?

4. How was sex regulated in fundamentalist Mormon communities?

5. Joseph Smith is believed to have practiced ________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 318 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample