Chapter 10

Quiz for Document 10-2: Joseph Smith, History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet (c. 1830s)

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Question 1

According to Joseph Smith’s account of religious experiences in the 1820s and 1830s, Mormonism developed out of the religious movement popularized by which of the following individuals?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. William Lloyd Garrison
C. Mother Ann Lee
D. Charles Grandison Finney

Question 2

To what aspect of the religious revival of the 1820s and 1830s does Smith attribute his search for God’s revelation?A. Atheistic intellectual doubts
B. Contention between various Protestant denominations
C. Jewish mystical traditions
D. The teachings of Eastern spirituality

Question 3

According to Smith’s retelling of his encounter with the angel Moroni, the original recipients of the true and full Gospel from Jesus Christ had been theA. aboriginal African Bushmen.
B. Jewish elders in Jerusalem.
C. original inhabitants of the Americas.
D. Turkic Central Asian shamans.