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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order does God give in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) That people go to church.
(b) That the woman be delivered to him.
(c) That the floods begin.
(d) That people worship him.

2. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She screams.
(b) She recognizes him.
(c) She does not see him.
(d) She laughs.

3. Who does God look down on, according to 'Go Down Death'?
(a) His People.
(b) Sister Anne.
(c) The congregation.
(d) Sister Caroline.

4. In 'The Creation,' what does the leftover light create?
(a) The shiny rocks on the earth.
(b) The stars and moon.
(c) The ripples in the lake.
(d) The starfish in the ocean.

5. What is the preacher about to do in the third stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Confess.
(b) Take communion.
(c) Pray.
(d) Deliver a sermon.

6. What is the definition of prodigal?
(a) Brilliant person.
(b) Wandering person.
(c) Untruthful person.
(d) Reckless and wasteful spender.

7. What is the boy's new life like in 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Full of joy.
(b) Hard.
(c) Easy.
(d) Full of family.

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

9. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker say the preacher's imagination should be cleaned with?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Soap.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Oil.

10. In 'Go Down Death,' where does the preacher say the dead go?
(a) To Jesus.
(b) To Heaven.
(c) To God.
(d) To Hell.

11. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Like paper.
(b) Like oil.
(c) Like silk.
(d) Like sand.

12. What does the speaker ask God for in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Food.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Help.
(d) Money.

13. In the second stanza of 'The Creation' what is the only thing that God can see?
(a) Joy.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Light.
(d) Despair.

14. In 'Go Down Death,' what does death ride upon?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A wing.
(c) A dark horse.
(d) A pale horse.

15. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?
(a) The moon.
(b) The oceans.
(c) The world.
(d) The atmosphere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the woman eventually meets Jesus in 'Go Down Death,' what does he do to her?

3. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what activities does the son participate in while in the city?

4. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?

5. What city does the boy visit in stanza eight of 'The Prodigal Son' ?

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