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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker ask for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Relgion.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Gold.

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

3. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?
(a) The sky.
(b) The oceans.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The earth.

4. What is missing in the city the prodigal son travels to?
(a) A cattle ranch.
(b) A place to pray.
(c) Sin.
(d) A market.

5. In the poem 'The Creation,' what appears in the sky at the end of stanza seven?
(a) The stars.
(b) The moon.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) God.

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

7. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want the preacher cleaned of?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sin.
(d) Guilt.

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

9. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) To look at her past.
(b) To her mother.
(c) To Hell.
(d) To Heaven.

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

11. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The gates of Hell.
(c) The gates of Heaven.
(d) His house.

12. Why does preacher say Jesus did not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Jesus does name the man and his sons.
(b) Because no one is named in the bible.
(c) Because the man and his sons are not important.
(d) Because they represent God and all of humankind.

13. In the second stanza of 'Go Down Death' what does the preacher do?
(a) Goes to church.
(b) Goes forward in time.
(c) Prays.
(d) Goes back in time.

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

15. Who does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want the people to worship?
(a) The Angels.
(b) The King.
(c) God.
(d) Him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what work did the boy do at his father's home?

2. Who is the poem, 'Go Down Death' about?

3. What does the speaker ask God for in 'Listen, Lord'?

4. What does the preacher ask the men of his congregation to do at the end of the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?

5. In the poem 'Listen, Lord' what does the speaker want the preacher protected from?

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