15.1.2 Exam: Wrap-Up
Question 3 of 25
Read the following excerpt from a speech made in response to Christian
missionaries in 1805:
You say that you are right, and we are lost; how do we
know this to be true? We understand that your religion is
written in a book; if it was intended for us as well as you,
why has not the Great Spirit given it to us, and not only to
us, but why did he not give to our forefathers the
knowledge of that book, with the means of understanding
it rightly?
Which statement best conveys how the author achieves his purpose in this