Under the Banner of Heaven Quizzes

Under the Banner of Heaven Quiz Prologue - Chapter 4

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

Life in prison

Death by firing squad

Community service and a $20,000 fine

No punishment
2 What similarity do Dan Lafferty and his cellmate, Mark Hoffman, NOT share?

They are both serving life sentences

They both strongly believe in God

They both were raised Mormon

They both committed murders
3 What is the main difference between the FLDS and the LDS?

The FLDS believe Joseph Smith is a prophet sent by God, and the LDS believe Brigham Young is a prophet sent by God

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 practice polygamy, and the LDS do not
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?

Hatred of the government and belief in prophets

Perverse sexual practices and patriarchal leadership

Extremism and belief in the apocalypse

Racism and misogony
5 What practice did prophet Rulon Jeffs NOT ban in the Colorado City community?

Interracial relationships

Owning dogs

Underage marriages

Watching television
6 How does Colorado City fund itself?

By receiving government funding and welfare assistance

By selling sacred undergarments to the mainstream LDS church

By performing musical acts across the country

By selling vegetarian cuisine
7 How are so many women in Colorado City eligible for welfare?

They have forged birth certificates of people who do qualify

They are legally foster parents of their own siblings

They did not receive any formal education and are thus dependents

The state does not recognize plural marriages, and therefore they are considered single mothers
8 How did Howard Pyle deal with Colorado City?

He took away their tax-exempt status

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

He created a smear campaign against 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?

Leavitt's church excommunicated Green

Green gave an interview on television

Green and Leavitt both grew up in Colorado City

Green married Leavitt's niece
10 What Canadian town has ties with Colorado City–Hildale?

Bountiful

Providence

Palmyra

Plentiful
11 How did Debbie Palmer escape her marriage?

She burned down her house

She gave an anonymous tip to the FBI

She murdered her husband

She ran away with her brother-in-law
12 What caused Debbie to question FLDS authority?

She realized the Peace Maker document was forged

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

She heard about the Lafferty murders

She discovered her stepmother was her biological sister
13 Chapter 4 opens with a quotation from which play?

Andrew Llyod Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar"

Matt Stone's "The Book of Mormon"

William Shakespeare's "Richard III"

Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
14 How did Brian David Mitchell meet Elizabeth Smart?

He taught theology at her middle school

He did work on her parents' house

Elizabeth was friends with his daughter

He was a leader in her church
15 What name did Brian David Mitchell insist people call him?

Immanuel

Jesus Christ

Joseph Smith

Elijah
16 How was Elizabeth Smart eventually found?

Mitchell's wife turned him in

Elizabeth called home from Colorado City

Her sister remembered seeing Mitchell kidnap Elizabeth

Mitchell tried to marry Elizabeth in Las Vegas
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 was caught kissing a boy

She questioned the legitimacy of the Prophet
18 What happened after Pyle's raid of Colorado City?

Mainstream Mormons protested outside the state capital

Pyle was elected for a second term

Pyle was voted out of office

The President gave Pyle a Medal of Freedom
19 What big-ticket item did Rulon Jeffs buy for Colorado City?

A yacht

A limousine

A pet tiger

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

They felt the government owed Mormons for decades of persecution

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

They paid large tax rates

They believed it was the Lord's way of providing for his chosen people
21 What is an apostate?

A person who does not believe in God

A man whose family is taken away from him

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?

Brother Rulon

Prophet Rulon

Father Rulon

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

In the FLDS faith, when a man apostatizes himself, he is declared legally dead

DeLoy Bateman had never married his wives in a religious ceremony

All DeLoy's children were adopted through shady agencies

According to UEP rules, wives and children are property of the priesthood
24 According to the FLDS Law of Chastity, when is sex moral?

Never

Any time after marriage

Only between a husband and wife on their wedding night

Only between a husband and wife, when the wife is ovulating
25 How did Brian David Mitchell gain psychological control of Elizabeth Smart?

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

He pretended to be the second coming of Christ

He convinced Elizabeth her family was satanic

He acted like a father figure

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