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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Go Down Death—A Funeral Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The earth.
(c) The sky.
(d) The oceans.

3. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She does nothing.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She screams.
(d) She cries.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?

2. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?

3. What does the boy become in stanza eleven of 'The Prodigal Son' ?

4. In the poem 'The Creation' what helps things to grow in stanza seven?

5. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?

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