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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Text.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?
(a) Christian people.
(b) God's careful tending.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) God's Creation.

2. What is Deuteronomy?
(a) God's plan for all people and all time.
(b) The liberal philosophy Edwards opposed.
(c) The Massachusetts town where Edwards' home congregation was located.
(d) A book of the Bible.

3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It will happen during the Second Coming.
(b) The timing depends on God's will.
(c) It will happen when they stray too far toward the pit.
(d) The timing depends on the depth of their sin.

4. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?
(a) Christians.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) The Pharisees.
(d) The Israelites.

5. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the second thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It will be expected.
(b) It will be sudden.
(c) It will be thorough.
(d) It will be predictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?

2. What criticism does Edwards level against the people mentioned in the opening of his sermon?

3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?

4. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?

5. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?

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