Midterm 1

Question 1

They were the scribe while Joseph dictated the first part of the plates.

Answer 1

Emma Smith

Question 2

Was the primary scribe that helped Joseph in the spring of 1829.

Answer 2

Oliver Cowdery

Question 3

The scribe for the majority of the 116 pages that were lost

Answer 3

Martin Harris

Question 4

Where did Joseph’s First vision take place?

Answer 4

Palmyra, New York

Question 5

Where Joseph translated the majority of the Book of Mormon (i.e., 70%). Also where Emma is from.

Answer 5

Harmony, Pennsylvania

Question 6

Where Joseph translated 30% of the Book of Mormon and finished the translation.

Answer 6

Fayette, New York

Question 7

The place where the Whitmer farm is.

Answer 7

Fayette, New York

Question 8

First Vision Account given to a complete stranger

Answer 8

1835 Account

Question 9

The only woman to have physically seen the plates

Answer 9

Mary Whitmer

Question 10

Who saw the outline of the plates through a cloth, handled them on occasion, helped find hiding places for the plates

Answer 10

Lucy Smith

Question 11

Who saw the outline of the plates through a cloth, handled them on occasion, and was a scribe?

Answer 11

Emma Smith

Question 12

According to D&C 84, how do we get the power of godliness into our life?

Answer 12

The Ordinances

Question 13

Where did Joseph and Oliver receive the Aaronic Priesthood?

Answer 13

Harmony, Pennsylvania

Question 14

What is one key that John the Baptist brought to Joseph

Answer 14

The Gospel of Repentance, and the ministering of angels.

Question 15

Who brought the key of the dispensation of the Gospel of Abraham

Answer 15

Elias

Question 16

Who brought the keys of the Gathering of Israel

Answer 16

Moses

Question 17

What does the key of the dispensation of the Gospel of Abraham direct?

Answer 17

Celestial Marriage

Question 18

Who brought the keys of this dispensation? (Sealing)

Answer 18

Elijah

Question 19

What is one of the keys Peter, James, and John restored?

Answer 19

The keys of the Kingdom, the keys of the Apostleship

Question 20

What sections in the Doctrine and Covenants outline the keys restored to Joseph Smith

Answer 20

13, D&C 27:5-13

Question 21

Which of the following is not associated with the Aaronic Priesthood: Laying on of hands, Gospel of Repentance, Ministering of angels, baptism by immersion

Answer 21

Laying on of hands

Question 22

What important lessons can we learn from D&C 3?

Answer 22

God’s work cannot be frustrated and we should not fear God more than man

Question 23

Why was Joseph unable to get the plates in 1823?

Answer 23

He wondered how much the plates were worth

Question 24

Why was Joseph unable to get the plates in 1824?

Answer 24

He set the plates down

Question 25

Why was Joseph unable to get the plates in 1826?

Answer 25

He was in the company of money diggers

Question 26

Where was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints restored?

Answer 26

The Peter Whitmer farm in Fayette, NY

Question 27

What are foundational doctrines taught in D&C 20

Answer 27

Creation, Fall, and Atonement

Question 28

What ordinances are emphasized in D&C 20

Answer 28

Baptism and Sacrament

Question 29

What sections in Doctrine and Covenants are associated with the loss of the 116 pages?

Answer 29

Sections 3 and 10

Question 30

Who were the original 6 members of the Church

Answer 30

Joseph, Oliver, Hyrum, Peter Whitmer, David Whitmer, Samuel Smith

Question 31

In what section of the Doctrine and Covenants do we get the name of the Church?

Answer 31

D&C 115:4, "For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

Question 32

What is the audience of the 1832 account of the First Vision?

Answer 32

Joseph's personal journal

Question 33

What is the audience of the 1838 account of the First Vision?

Answer 33

Truth-seekers

Question 34

What is the audience of the 1842 account of the First Vision?

Answer 34

A non-member newspapers

Question 35

What principle did we learn from Joseph's experience of visiting the Hill Cumorah in September 1826?

Answer 35

The friends we associate with matter and can prevent us from accomplishing God's work for us.

Question 36

In class, while studying the First Vision we analyzed a talk from President Nelson where he mentions the First Vision. What pattern for success did President Nelson say will bring us happiness, success, and joy in this life?

Answer 36

Hear Him

Question 37

What account of the First Vision focuses on the opposition Joseph faced?

Answer 37

1835 and 1838 Account

Question 38

What account of the First Vision emphasizes that the churches in Joseph's day denied the power of God and that he had he had learned for himself that Presbyterianism was not true?

Answer 38

1838

Question 39

What is one principle we mentioned in class that we learned from Oliver moving to Harmony, PA to help Joseph translate the Book of Mormon

Answer 39

God will bring people into our life that we need to accomplish His work.

Question 40

What does JSH 1: 28-29 talk about?

Answer 40

Turning to God when I feel condemned, weak, or imperfect will bring me out of my gloom and to the Savior's light.

Question 41

What principle does JSH 1:46 talk about

Answer 41

My motives will influence my ability to accomplish the work that God has for me.

Question 42

What do verses 25,29, 37, 72-73, 75-79 of Doctrine and Covenants 20 talk about?

Answer 42

The Doctrine of Christ

Question 43

Does D&C 20 talk about the endowment and sealing?

Answer 43

No

Question 44

What events, doctrines, and practices does D&C 20 talk about?

Question 45

What principles are taught in D&C 25