Here's a little little quiz on lesson 17 for everyone on The Great Plan of Salvation

The Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
1. When and why did Joseph Smith produce the JST? (p. 207)
2. How does the JST fulfill prophecy? (see Moses 1:41)
3. In what sense is the JST a “translation”?
4. Do all the changes Joseph Smith made to the Bible restore ancient texts?
Joseph Smith – “There are many things in the Bible which do not, as they now stand, accord with the revelations of the Holy Ghost to me.”[1]
R. J. Matthews – Many of the changes consisted of “a harmonization of doctrinal concepts that were revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith independently of his translation of the Bible.”[2]
5. Did Joseph Smith finish the JST?[3]
6. Why hasn’t the Church ever published the book?[4]
7. What is the position of the Church towards the JST?
“The Inspired Version does not supplant the King James Version as the official Church version of the Bible, but the explanations and changes made by the Prophet Joseph Smith provide enlightenment and useful commentary on many biblical passages."[5]
8. In our LDS Bible, where are short JST changes found? Long JST changes?
9. Where do we find the JST preface to Genesis 1? JST Isaiah 29? JST Matthew 5 (Sermon on the Mount)? JST Matthew 24?[6]
10. What was the doctrinal significance of the JST? (p. 208)

Preexistence
1. According to Joseph Smith, what choices did we make in the pre-existence? (p. 209, 213)
2. Which of the following reflects Joseph Smith’s teachings? (p. 209-210)
a. We always existed as intelligences and were later endowed (added upon) with spirit bodies.
b. Intelligence is a property or attribute of spirit element which was later organized into spirits.
c. Intelligence is the same as spirit element which was organized into individual spirits.
d. Intelligences, spirits, souls or minds are eternal.

3. What were the important aspects of our nature as spirits? (p. 210)
4. What did Joseph Smith teach about spirit birth?

Purpose of earth life
1. Why did we come to earth and how is this knowledge helpful in dealing with trials and loss of loved ones? (p. 213)
2. Why are we still here on earth?

[1] History of the Church, 5:425.
[2] Robert J. Matthews, “A Plainer Translation”: Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible, a History and Commentary (Provo: UT, BYU Press, 1975), 253.
[3] The JST was declared “finished” by the Prophet on July 2, 1833. History of the Church, 1:368.
[4] Robert J. Matthews, “The New Translation of the Bible, 1830-1833: Doctrinal Development During the Kirtland Era,” BYU Studies 11, no. 4 (1971): 400-422. Mathews explains that Joseph considered his work finished in July 1833 and that afterwards his attention was only on getting it printed. Robert J. Matthews, “Joseph Smith’s Efforts to Publish His Bible ‘Translation’,” Ensign (January 1983), 57–64.
[5] Church News, dated December 7, 1974
[6] The Scripture Publications Committee was instructed by the First Presidency to avoid duplicating material that appears elsewhere in scripture. Thus, changes in the JST that also appear in places like the book of Moses, Joseph Smith--Matthew and the Book of Mormon were not included. Thomas E. Sherry and Jeffrey Marsh, “Precious Truths Restored: Joseph Smith Translation Changes Not Included in Our Bible,” The Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 5, no. 2 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2004): 64.