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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 does God step into in 'The Creation' ?
(a) A crowd.
(b) Heaven.
(c) An unlit room.
(d) An empty space.

2. What message does the Preacher deliver at the end of the poem, 'Go Down Death'?
(a) That the woman is doomed to a life in Hell.
(b) That the woman is not dead but with Jesus.
(c) That the woman should have changed her life.
(d) That the woman is dead.

3. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) To Heaven.
(b) To Hell.
(c) To her mother.
(d) To look at her past.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

2. In 'The Creation,' what does God want to end?

3. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?

4. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

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

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