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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prodigal Son.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) They are respectful.
(b) They lure men to sin.
(c) They bring men to prayer.
(d) They are pious.

2. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?
(a) The oceans.
(b) The sky.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The earth.

3. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) To church.
(b) To work.
(c) To God.
(d) To Hell.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

2. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does Johnson write that the preacher should be able to look through ?

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

4. What does God describe as "Blacker that a hundred midnights?"

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

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