Question #5 --Early Mormon History Quiz

Correct. Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders publicly denied the practice of polygamy while still practicing it privately.

Related information at this site include:
Joseph Smith practices and denies polygamy.

Some of the references include:
Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 edition, (Articles of Marriage), History of the Church, vol. 2, pg. 247.

Messenger and the Advocate, August 1835, pg. 163.

History of the Church, vol. 5, pg. 30, (May 1836).

Messenger and the Advocate, May 1837, pg. 511.

Times and Seasons, vol. 4, August 1, 1842, pg. 869.

Times and Seasons, vol. 4, September 1, 1842, pg. 909.

Times and Seasons, vol. 4, October 1, 1842, pg. 939.

Times and Seasons, vol. 4, December 1, 1842, pg. 28.

History of the Church, vol. 6, pg. 405, (May 25, 1844).

History of the Church, vol. 6, pg. 411, (May 1844).

Times and Seasons, vol. 5, February 1, 1844, pg. 423.

Times and Seasons, vol. 6, May 1, 1845, pg. 894.

Early Mormon History Quiz