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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 speaker request in the final stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) A morning dove.
(b) A wonderful preacher.
(c) A sign.
(d) A peaceful death.

2. What does God create in the sixth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The earth.
(b) The seas.
(c) The sun.
(d) The sky.

3. What does the boy in 'The Prodigal Son' compare his new life to?
(a) Life with his brother.
(b) Life in the city.
(c) Life in the town.
(d) Life with his father.

4. What does the speaker ask for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Gold.
(d) Relgion.

5. What does the preacher ask the men of his congregation to do at the end of the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Turn away from Babylon.
(b) Turn toward family.
(c) Turn away from family.
(d) Turn away from God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what are the people in the city like?

2. What does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' claim men are lacking in combat?

3. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?

4. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?

5. Why does preacher say Jesus did not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son' ?

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