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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Listen, Lord,' what emotional position is the speaker in during the first stanza?
(a) A powerful position.
(b) A sad position.
(c) A humble position
(d) A happy position.

2. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Non-existant.
(c) Big.
(d) Small.

3. What does God describe as "Blacker that a hundred midnights?"
(a) The swamp.
(b) The night.
(c) Darkness.
(d) The sky.

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?
(a) They are lucky.
(b) They are smaller then God.
(c) They are kind.
(d) They are pious.

5. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?
(a) A psalm.
(b) A chat.
(c) A hymn.
(d) A prayer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?

3. In 'The Creation,' what does God want to end?

4. What does the speaker ask for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

5. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?

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