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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 does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want the preacher cleaned of?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Sin.
(d) Paint.

2. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' how does the speaker want the preacher to deliver the word of God?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Like it should be delivered.
(c) In sign language.
(d) With enthusiasm.

3. What does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' claim men are lacking in combat?
(a) Faith.
(b) Technique.
(c) Power and size.
(d) Armor.

4. What does God create in the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the prodigal son ask his father for?

3. How many actions does each stanza in 'The Creation' describe?

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?

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

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