Do we really think that these correspond to four different names in reformed Egyptian? Or is it likely that they’re all the same in the original text, and just spelled differently, inadvertently, in English?

Seeing the similarly spelled names together can create confusion. I had two full-time missionaries over here this morning for a ward missionary meeting. One of the elders said that he couldn’t match the identities with exact spellings but he thought he knew who two of them were. He was only able to come up with a correct description of Ammaron’s identity. A recent convert who also attended the meeting and is close to finishing the Book of Mormon for the second time was able to place Ammoron at the end of Alma. She was also aware that he had something to do with an epistle. I thought that was pretty good.

I’m thinking most LDS wouldn’t get more than two of these right, regardless of how many times they’ve read the Book of Mormon. For that reason I think this little quiz makes for a useful exercise.