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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does God bring man to life in the last stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) He claps his hands.
(b) He blows breath into him.
(c) He prays.
(d) He holds him.

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

3. What does the speaker want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Gold.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Food.
(d) Wisdom.

4. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?
(a) Noah's creation of the ark.
(b) God's creation of Earth.
(c) God's creation of humans.
(d) God's creation of the moon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want bestowed upon the preacher?

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

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

4. What does God create in the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?

5. In 'The Creation' what does God roll in his hand in the fourth stanza?

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