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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does God feel towards the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Fear.
(b) Joy.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Pity.

2. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?
(a) They are smaller then God.
(b) They are pious.
(c) They are lucky.
(d) They are kind.

3. Where does God send Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

4. What do God's steps create in 'The Creation'?
(a) The oceans.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The volcanos.

5. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the preacher say the congregation need to be filled with?
(a) Soul.
(b) Water.
(c) Faith.
(d) God.

6. In the poem 'Listen, Lord' what does the speaker want the preacher protected from?
(a) The unfaithful.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Robbers.
(d) The Devil.

7. What is 'Go Down Death' about?
(a) Hell.
(b) A funeral.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Death.

8. In the poem 'The Creation' what helps things to grow in stanza seven?
(a) God's footsteps.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Rain.
(d) Love.

9. What grows in stanza seven of 'The Creation'?
(a) Grass, flowers and trees.
(b) Apples.
(c) Corn, tomatoes and grapes.
(d) Man and woman.

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

11. What does God create in the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The moon.
(c) The earth.
(d) The sun.

12. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Non-existant.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Small.
(d) Big.

13. In 'Go Down Death,' what does death ride upon?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A pale horse.
(c) A wing.
(d) A dark horse.

14. Who is the poem, 'Go Down Death' about?
(a) Sister Nancy.
(b) Sister Caroline.
(c) Sister Anne.
(d) Sister Carol.

15. How does the preacher in 'Go Down Death' describe Death's body?
(a) Icy.
(b) Warm.
(c) Vibrant.
(d) Boney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the definition of prodigal?

2. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?

3. Where does God throw the leftover light in the poem 'The Creation'?

4. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?

5. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker say the preacher's imagination should be cleaned with?

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