God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Listen, Lord—A Prayer

1. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?

To God.

2. In 'Listen, Lord,' what emotional position is the speaker in during the first stanza?

A humble position

3. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?

A prayer.

4. What does the speaker ask God for in 'Listen, Lord'?

Help.

5. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?

They are smaller then God.

6. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

Big.

7. How does the speaker describe the congregation in 'Listen, Lord'?

As empty pitchers.

8. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the preacher say the congregation need to be filled with?

God.

9. Who does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want the people to worship?

God.

10. What does the speaker ask for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

Compassion.

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