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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Go Down Death—A Funeral Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does God call to him in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Death.
(b) His son.
(c) His servants.
(d) The angels.

2. Who does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want the people to worship?
(a) God.
(b) Him.
(c) The King.
(d) The Angels.

3. What does the speaker request in the final stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) A morning dove.
(b) A peaceful death.
(c) A wonderful preacher.
(d) A sign.

4. How does God feel after he created all the elements of the earth and sky?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Complete.
(c) Estactic.
(d) Tired.

5. In the poem 'The Creation' what helps things to grow in stanza seven?
(a) Rain.
(b) God's footsteps.
(c) Love.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy become in stanza eleven of 'The Prodigal Son' ?

2. How does God feel about the creation of light?

3. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' where does the son travel to?

4. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?

5. What does God create in the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?

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