W07 Midterm Exam_ Teachings of Living Prophets
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W07 Midterm Exam
Due Feb 25 at 12:59am
Points 50
Questions 25
Time Limit None
Instructions
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Question 1
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More opportunities to hear the prophets
More temples
More people with listening ears
More specific teachings from the prophets as opposed to general teachings
Question 2
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The scriptures are not complete.
Study all of the chapters and use the questions in the study guides from the Teachings of the Living
Prophets Student Manual
to prepare for this exam.
This is an open-book exam.
You will not see your grade until the quiz's due date passes.
President J. Reuben Clark counseled, “We do not need more or different prophets.” We need
According to the Prophet Joseph Smith, why do we need continuing divine revelation through living
prophets?
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Our unique situation requires unique revelation.
People do not understand ancient prophetic language.
We are more important to the Lord than people in the past.
Question 3
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Only the Prophet or President of the Church
Only the First Presidency
The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve
All General Authorities
Question 4
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Recorded in the vaults and files of the Church
Rare and treated with great reverence
Announced to all Church members
Canonized into scriptural texts
Question 5
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The Doctrine & Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price
The Bible and the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants
The Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants
Question 6
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Who are sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators?
Revelations through the prophets that come “month to month and day to day” are
Which books was President Brigham Young referring to when he said, “Those books are nothing to me;
those books do not convey the word of God direct to us now, as do the words of a prophet”?
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Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Martin Harris
Joseph Smith Jr., Hiram Page, Peter Whitmer
Joseph Smith Sr., Hyrum Smith, Martin Harris
No one. The Lord simply revealed the names to Joseph.
Question 7
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After the Prophet dies, the counselors maintain their authority and power in the First Presidency and function in their
place until a new prophet is called.
When the President dies, there is no First Presidency, and the counselors have no power to act.
The counselors immediately ordain and set apart the new prophet.
The first counselor becomes the new prophet and chooses two new counselors.
Question 8
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True
False
Question 9
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Every ordained apostle
Only members of the First Presidency
Only the senior apostle
Apostles who have served for ten years or more
Who was assigned to search out the original Quorum of the Twelve in the latter days?
What are the counselors in the First Presidency authorized to do when the Prophet dies?
No decision emanates from the deliberations of the First Presidency and the Twelve without total
unanimity among all concerned.
Who can fully exercise the apostolic priesthood keys?
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Question 10
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Be shorter and more to the point
Include more speaking and less singing
Be the guide to our walk and talk during the next six months
Be the basis for every sacrament meeting talk in our wards during the next six months
Question 11
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Prophesy of future events
Teach revealed truths
Preside over the Church
Testify of Christ
Question 12
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answers, the counsel in the scripture
the spectacular, the constant flow of revealed communication
revelations, the meanings of those revelations in their lives
to be let down, all the revelations the Lord has made available
Question 13
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Joseph Smith Jr. and Joseph Smith Sr.
Oliver Cowdery and Sidney Rigdon
President Harold B. Lee taught that conference proceedings should
While prophets do many things and have the keys that authorize them to do great works, the primary
responsibility of a prophet is to
President Kimball describes another error that members of the Church make: they expect ______ , while
not being aware of ______ .
Only two men in the restored Church have held the office of Assistant President. Who were they?
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Martin Harris and Hyrum Smith
Oliver Cowdery and Hyrum Smith
Question 14
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No reason has been given. We do not know why it was necessary.
God required it during the Restoration because that peculiar condition required two witnesses.
It wasn’t really necessary, but it was convenient and helpful.
It was the order in the Church until the current order for succession in the presidency superseded it.
Question 15
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True
False
Question 16
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True
False
Question 17
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False
Why was it necessary to have an Assistant President of the Church with the Prophet Joseph Smith?
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve hold all the keys that the President of the Church holds.
The Quorum of the First Presidency is dissolved upon the death of the President of the Church.
Upon the death of the President of the Church, the Quorum of the Twelve is as much a Presidency of the
Church as the First Presidency was, and the President of the Twelve at that time is as much a President
of the Church as the Prophet was before his passing.
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Question 18
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The First Presidency
The Twelve
The Presiding Bishopric
The First Quorum of the Seventy
Question 19
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How you get the messages (watching, listening, or reading), but on when you read or listen
The preparation of the messages, but on your preparation to receive the messages
Who is speaking, but on whether or not they are delivering inspired messages
The main points of the talks, but on the stories told in the talks
Question 20
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Stay alert, be attentive, and listen to the messages
Put away other pursuits, focus on the speakers, and take notes
Write down, remember, and act on the thoughts we receive
Do general conference bingo, take a nap, and play outside while listening with a radio
Question 21
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Typical in our world
A mockery and a farce
Nothing but a philosophical endeavor
According to revelation, the Seventy act under the direction of
What you gain from the messages of general conference depends not so much on _______, but on
________.
What three things did President Kimball invite us to do as we listen to general conference?
President John Taylor taught us that religion without true revelation is
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Like an elaborate cake without frostings or essential ingredients
Question 22
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No harm or adversity will come upon us
Satan will not be able to tempt us
The gates of hell will not prevail against us
We will be leaders in the Church
Question 23
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What research has proven
The Prophet
Educated authorities on the conflict
Common sense and reason
Question 24
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Seniority with the original Twelve of the Restoration was determined by age.
Seniority has no place in the organization of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Seniority today is determined by the date of ordination.
Seniority determines who may exercise all of the keys upon the death of the President of the Church.
Question 25
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We are not guaranteed that we will always like what the prophets say or teach. But we are guaranteed
that if we follow the prophets
President Ezra Taft Benson explained, “If there is ever a conflict between earthly knowledge and the
word of the prophet, you stand with _______.”
Which answer is not true about seniority among the Quorum of the Twelve?
The First Presidency can delegate to whomever they choose the authority to represent the First
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True
False
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