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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crucifixion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) To church.
(b) To God.
(c) To Hell.
(d) To work.

3. What order does God give in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) That people go to church.
(b) That the woman be delivered to him.
(c) That people worship him.
(d) That the floods begin.

4. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker say the preacher's imagination should be cleaned with?
(a) Oil.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Soap.
(d) Turpentine.

5. Who does Judas lead?
(a) The people of Bethlehem.
(b) Those that want to crucify Jesus.
(c) Those that wish to love God.
(d) Those that want to worship Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boy's new life like in 'The Prodigal Son' ?

2. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?

3. Who does God look for at the beginning of ''Noah Built the Ark''?

4. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?

5. What does the sermon in 'Go Down Death' suggest the dead are not?

(see the answer key)

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