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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. How does God feel after he created all the elements of the earth and sky?
(a) Tired.
(b) Estactic.
(c) Complete.
(d) Lonely.

2. Where does God throw the leftover light in the poem 'The Creation'?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The earth.
(c) The lakes.
(d) The sky.

3. In the poem 'The Creation,' what appears in the sky at the end of stanza seven?
(a) The moon.
(b) God.
(c) The stars.
(d) A rainbow.

4. In 'The Creation' what does God roll in his hand in the fourth stanza?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Light.
(c) Clay.
(d) Mud.

5. What is missing in the city the prodigal son travels to?
(a) A market.
(b) A place to pray.
(c) Sin.
(d) A cattle ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else, besides the woman, sees Death in 'Go Down Death'?

2. What emotion does God feel towards the woman in 'Go Down Death'?

3. How does God feel at the end of the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?

4. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what work did the boy do at his father's home?

5. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?

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