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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Doctrine section, Edwards speaks of the "multitudes" of God's enemies (406). What is true of these enemies?
(a) There are a huge number of them.
(b) They are dangerous.
(c) They believe themselves to be more powerful than they actually are.
(d) They are unpredictable.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "providence" several times. To what is he referring?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The plan that God has made for all people at all times.
(c) The system of divine justice.
(d) The Christian origin story.

3. When Edwards uses the phrase "natural man," what is he referring to?
(a) Adam.
(b) Souls already in hell.
(c) Those who have not been "born again."
(d) People who live as God intends them to.

4. What is Edwards' fifth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) God is angrier with sinners in hell than those on earth.
(b) The devil is ready and waiting to take sinners into hell.
(c) Sinners belong to God, not to the devil.
(d) It does not matter whether sinners deserve to be in hell.

5. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?
(a) The comparison of sinners to rocks.
(b) The comparison of God to slippery ground.
(c) The comparison of God to a farmer.
(d) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the "Doctrine" section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to God's "sovereign" power. What kind of power is this?

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

4. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say the Bible recommends be done with the tree with poisoned fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.

2. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?

3. Explain what Edwards is saying, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, about the nature of the souls of sinners when he says "There are in the souls of wicked men those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell fire, if it were not for God's restraints" (408).

4. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says of sinners that "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them," (407), what does he mean, and what analogy found elsewhere in the sermon is he making reference to?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards mean when he says that the "mere pleasure of God" (406) is all that keeps sinners out of hell?

6. Why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, does Edwards say that sinners should not be comforted by the fact that there is no "visible means of death at hand" (408)?

7. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards compares God's power to the power of a human to crush a worm. Explain the meaning and significance of this analogy.

8. When, in the Doctrine section of his speech, Edwards says that "The Scripture represents them as his 'goods'" (407), to whom does he refer when he says "them" and "his," and what point is he making about these people?

9. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?

10. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?

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