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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Doctrine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Doctrine section of the sermon, what is always hanging over the heads of sinners?
(a) The sword of divine justice.
(b) The vigilante's noose.
(c) The sword of Damocles.
(d) The hangman's noose.

2. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?
(a) The devil is always waiting for humans to make mistakes.
(b) God despises sinners.
(c) The justice of heaven is applied to all people alike.
(d) God has a huge number of ways of killing a person without warning.

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?
(a) Its own sinfulness.
(b) Righteous believers.
(c) Fear of hell.
(d) God's power.

4. 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 predictable.
(c) It will be sudden.
(d) It will be thorough.

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, when Edwards says "as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained," (408), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls God's laws "immutable" (407). What is he saying is true of God's laws?

3. In the Doctrine section of his essay, Edwards claims that something is under the "dominion" of the devil (407). What is the devil's dominion?

4. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards quotes the Bible as saying that the Israelites were "void of counsel," (405). What is this saying about the Israelites?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?

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