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

No punishment

Community service and a $20,000 fine
2 What similarity do Dan Lafferty and his cellmate, Mark Hoffman, NOT share?

They both were raised Mormon

They are both serving life sentences

They both committed murders

They both strongly believe in God
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 are allowed to listen to secular music, and the FLDS are not

The FLDS practice polygamy, and the LDS do not

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

Perverse sexual practices and patriarchal leadership

Racism and misogony

Hatred of the government and belief in prophets

Extremism and belief in the apocalypse
5 What practice did prophet Rulon Jeffs NOT ban in the Colorado City community?

Owning dogs

Watching television

Interracial relationships

Underage marriages
6 How does Colorado City fund itself?

By performing musical acts across the country

By selling vegetarian cuisine

By receiving government funding and welfare assistance

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

They are legally foster parents of their own siblings

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

They did not receive any formal education and are thus dependents

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

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 took away their tax-exempt status

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 married Leavitt's niece

Green and Leavitt both grew up in Colorado City

Green gave an interview on television

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

Palmyra

Plentiful

Bountiful

Providence
11 How did Debbie Palmer escape her marriage?

She ran away with her brother-in-law

She murdered her husband

She burned down her house

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

She discovered her stepmother was her biological sister

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
13 Chapter 4 opens with a quotation from which play?

Andrew Llyod Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar"

Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

William Shakespeare's "Richard III"

Matt Stone's "The Book of Mormon"
14 How did Brian David Mitchell meet Elizabeth Smart?

He was a leader in her church

He did work on her parents' house

Elizabeth was friends with his daughter

He taught theology at her middle school
15 What name did Brian David Mitchell insist people call him?

Jesus Christ

Elijah

Immanuel

Joseph Smith
16 How was Elizabeth Smart eventually found?

Elizabeth called home from Colorado City

Mitchell tried to marry Elizabeth in Las Vegas

Mitchell's wife turned him in

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

She questioned the legitimacy of the Prophet

She was caught kissing a boy

She talked back to her father

Her older sister Flora ran away
18 What happened after Pyle's raid of Colorado City?

Pyle was voted out of office

Mainstream Mormons protested outside the state capital

Pyle was elected for a second term

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

A private plane

A yacht

A pet tiger

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

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

They felt the government owed Mormons for decades of persecution

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 man whose family is taken away from him

A person who does not believe in God

A person who has left their faith

A non-Mormon person
22 What term of endearment did Rulon Jeffs' followers use to refer to him?

Uncle Rulon

Father Rulon

Prophet Rulon

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

All DeLoy's children were adopted through shady agencies

DeLoy Bateman had never married his wives in a religious ceremony

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

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 on their wedding night

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

Any time after marriage
25 How did Brian David Mitchell gain psychological control of Elizabeth Smart?

He pretended to be the second coming of Christ

He acted like a father figure

He convinced Elizabeth her family was satanic

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

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