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

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

3. How does the speaker describe the congregation in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) As empty pitchers.
(b) As full pitchers.
(c) As empty plates.
(d) As full plates.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?

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

3. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the preacher say the congregation need to be filled with?

4. Why does preacher say Jesus did not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son' ?

5. Who does God look down on, according to 'Go Down Death'?

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