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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does Johnson write that the preacher should be able to look through ?
(a) The telescope of clarity.
(b) The telescope of truth.
(c) The telescope of eternity.
(d) The telescope of death.

2. What grows in stanza seven of 'The Creation'?
(a) Grass, flowers and trees.
(b) Apples.
(c) Man and woman.
(d) Corn, tomatoes and grapes.

3. Where does Johnson say in the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' the road away from one's father lead?
(a) To the gates of hell.
(b) To heaven's gates.
(c) Back home.
(d) To freedom.

4. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) They are respectful.
(b) They are pious.
(c) They lure men to sin.
(d) They bring men to prayer.

5. In 'The Prodigal Son' what does the preacher say people can be categorized as?
(a) Sinner and righteous.
(b) Human and non-human.
(c) Man and woman.
(d) One of the two types of sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the definition of prodigal?

2. What does God step into in 'The Creation' ?

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

4. What does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say God rides on?

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

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