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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' claim men are lacking in combat?
(a) Power and size.
(b) Faith.
(c) Technique.
(d) Armor.

2. How does the father respond to his son's request in 'The Prodigal Son.'.
(a) He begs him not to.
(b) He sings his praises.
(c) He hugs him.
(d) He helps divide the cattle.

3. What does the preacher ask the men of his congregation to do at the end of the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Turn away from God.
(b) Turn toward family.
(c) Turn away from family.
(d) Turn away from Babylon.

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

5. How does God feel about the creation of light?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He frowns.
(d) He is pleased.

6. What is the preacher about to do in the third stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Take communion.
(b) Deliver a sermon.
(c) Pray.
(d) Confess.

7. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want bestowed upon the preacher?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Gold.
(d) Blessings.

8. In the third stanza of 'The Prodigal Son,', one of the man's sons approaches him with a question. Which son approaches?
(a) The oldest son is prompted by the youngest.
(b) Both sons.
(c) The youngest son.
(d) The oldest son.

9. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?
(a) A chat.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A hymn.
(d) A psalm.

10. Who is the voice of 'The Creation'?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The preacher.
(c) God.
(d) A poor man.

11. What does the boy in 'The Prodigal Son' compare his new life to?
(a) Life with his brother.
(b) Life in the town.
(c) Life with his father.
(d) Life in the city.

12. What is the definition of prodigal?
(a) Brilliant person.
(b) Wandering person.
(c) Untruthful person.
(d) Reckless and wasteful spender.

13. How does God bring man to life in the last stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) He claps his hands.
(b) He prays.
(c) He blows breath into him.
(d) He holds him.

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

15. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?
(a) God's creation of the moon.
(b) God's creation of humans.
(c) God's creation of Earth.
(d) Noah's creation of the ark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?

2. In 'Listen, Lord,' what emotional position is the speaker in during the first stanza?

3. What grows in stanza seven of 'The Creation'?

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?

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

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