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

2. Where does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want to prevent sinners from entering?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Home.
(d) Purgatory.

3. How does God feel at the end of the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Giddy.
(d) Pleased.

4. Who else, besides the woman, sees Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Her mother.
(b) No one.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The dying person next to her.

5. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Like paper.
(b) Like silk.
(c) Like sand.
(d) Like oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what activities does the son participate in while in the city?

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

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

4. When the woman eventually meets Jesus in 'Go Down Death,' what does he do to her?

5. How does God bring man to life in the last stanza of 'The Creation'?

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