Under the Banner of Heaven Quizzes

Under the Banner of Heaven Quiz Prologue - Chapter 4

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1 What punishment did Ron Lafferty receive for the murders of Erica and Brenda?

Death by firing squad

No punishment

Community service and a $20,000 fine

Life in prison
2 What similarity do Dan Lafferty and his cellmate, Mark Hoffman, NOT share?

They are both serving life sentences

They both were raised Mormon

They both committed murders

They both strongly believe in God
3 What is the main difference between the FLDS and the LDS?

The FLDS practice polygamy, and the LDS do not

The LDS live in Utah, and the FLDS live in Arkansas

The LDS are allowed to listen to secular music, and the FLDS are not

The FLDS believe Joseph Smith is a prophet sent by God, and the LDS believe Brigham Young is a prophet sent by God
4 In the quotation from Philip Jenkins' book, Mystics and Messiahs, that opens Chapter 2, what qualities does Jenkins argue are essential to American religions?

Racism and misogony

Hatred of the government and belief in prophets

Extremism and belief in the apocalypse

Perverse sexual practices and patriarchal leadership
5 What practice did prophet Rulon Jeffs NOT ban in the Colorado City community?

Underage marriages

Interracial relationships

Watching television

Owning dogs
6 How does Colorado City fund itself?

By selling vegetarian cuisine

By receiving government funding and welfare assistance

By performing musical acts across the country

By selling sacred undergarments to the mainstream LDS church
7 How are so many women in Colorado City eligible for welfare?

They did not receive any formal education and are thus dependents

They are legally foster parents of their own siblings

The state does not recognize plural marriages, and therefore they are considered single mothers

They have forged birth certificates of people who do qualify
8 How did Howard Pyle deal with Colorado City?

He took away their tax-exempt status

He created a smear campaign against Rulon Jeffs

He went undercover in the community as a convert and the released an article exposing Rulon Jeffs

He organized a raid of the compound, putting hundreds of children into foster care
9 How did David Leavitt hear about Thomas Arthur Green?

Green and Leavitt both grew up in Colorado City

Leavitt's church excommunicated Green

Green married Leavitt's niece

Green gave an interview on television
10 What Canadian town has ties with Colorado City–Hildale?

Bountiful

Providence

Plentiful

Palmyra
11 How did Debbie Palmer escape her marriage?

She burned down her house

She ran away with her brother-in-law

She murdered her husband

She gave an anonymous tip to the FBI
12 What caused Debbie to question FLDS authority?

She heard about the Lafferty murders

Her daughter was ordered to move in with the man who molested her

She discovered her stepmother was her biological sister

She realized the Peace Maker document was forged
13 Chapter 4 opens with a quotation from which play?

William Shakespeare's "Richard III"

Matt Stone's "The Book of Mormon"

Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

Andrew Llyod Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar"
14 How did Brian David Mitchell meet Elizabeth Smart?

He was a leader in her church

He did work on her parents' house

He taught theology at her middle school

Elizabeth was friends with his daughter
15 What name did Brian David Mitchell insist people call him?

Joseph Smith

Elijah

Jesus Christ

Immanuel
16 How was Elizabeth Smart eventually found?

Mitchell tried to marry Elizabeth in Las Vegas

Mitchell's wife turned him in

Elizabeth called home from Colorado City

Her sister remembered seeing Mitchell kidnap Elizabeth
17 Why was Ruby Jessop punished with a marriage at age fourteen?

Her older sister Flora ran away

She talked back to her father

She questioned the legitimacy of the Prophet

She was caught kissing a boy
18 What happened after Pyle's raid of Colorado City?

Mainstream Mormons protested outside the state capital

The President gave Pyle a Medal of Freedom

Pyle was voted out of office

Pyle was elected for a second term
19 What big-ticket item did Rulon Jeffs buy for Colorado City?

A private plane

A pet tiger

A limousine

A yacht
20 Why were the people of Colorado City comfortable accepting government funds?

They didn't realize not every church received the same funding

They believed it was the Lord's way of providing for his chosen people

They felt the government owed Mormons for decades of persecution

They paid large tax rates
21 What is an apostate?

A man whose family is taken away from him

A person who does not believe in God

A non-Mormon person

A person who has left their faith
22 What term of endearment did Rulon Jeffs' followers use to refer to him?

Father Rulon

Uncle Rulon

Brother Rulon

Prophet Rulon
23 Why was Rulon Jeffs able to move DeLoy Bateman's wives and children?

According to UEP rules, wives and children are property of the priesthood

All DeLoy's children were adopted through shady agencies

DeLoy Bateman had never married his wives in a religious ceremony

In the FLDS faith, when a man apostatizes himself, he is declared legally dead
24 According to the FLDS Law of Chastity, when is sex moral?

Never

Only between a husband and wife, when the wife is ovulating

Any time after marriage

Only between a husband and wife on their wedding night
25 How did Brian David Mitchell gain psychological control of Elizabeth Smart?

He pretended to be the second coming of Christ

He convinced Elizabeth her family was satanic

He used quotes from the Book of Mormon to justify his actions

He acted like a father figure

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