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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. In stanza three of 'The Creation,' what body of water does the author use to describe darkness?
(a) A swamp.
(b) A river.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A bay.

2. 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 eternity.
(c) The telescope of death.
(d) The telescope of truth.

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

4. What does the speaker ask for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Gold.
(b) Relgion.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Compassion.

5. What does the preacher ask the men of his congregation to do at the end of the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Turn away from God.
(b) Turn away from family.
(c) Turn toward family.
(d) Turn away from Babylon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' claim men are lacking in combat?

2. Which biblical story is 'The Prodigal Son' based on?

3. Who does the woman meet in stanza nine of 'Go Down Death'?

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

5. What is missing in the city the prodigal son travels to?

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