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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want the people to worship?
(a) Him.
(b) The King.
(c) The Angels.
(d) God.

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

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

4. What does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say God rides on?
(a) A lightening bolt.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cloud.
(d) Air.

5. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?
(a) The gates of Hell.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The gates of Heaven.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

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

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what emotional position is the speaker in during the first stanza?

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

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