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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' how does the speaker want the preacher to deliver the word of God?
(a) Like it should be delivered.
(b) In sign language.
(c) Quietly.
(d) With enthusiasm.

2. In 'The Prodigal Son' what does the preacher say people can be categorized as?
(a) Sinner and righteous.
(b) One of the two types of sons.
(c) Man and woman.
(d) Human and non-human.

3. In 'The Creation,' what does the leftover light create?
(a) The ripples in the lake.
(b) The starfish in the ocean.
(c) The stars and moon.
(d) The shiny rocks on the earth.

4. Where does the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' want to prevent sinners from entering?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Home.

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

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

7. In 'The Prodigal Son,' whose house does the preacher say every boy wants to leave?
(a) God's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) His brother's.
(d) His father's.

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

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

10. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does Johnson write that the preacher should be able to look through ?
(a) The telescope of eternity.
(b) The telescope of clarity.
(c) The telescope of death.
(d) The telescope of truth.

11. Which biblical story is 'The Prodigal Son' based on?
(a) David and Goliath.
(b) Kain and Abel.
(c) The prodigal son.
(d) Noah.

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

13. How many actions does each stanza in 'The Creation' describe?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Eight.

14. Where does Johnson say in the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' the road away from one's father lead?
(a) To freedom.
(b) To the gates of hell.
(c) To heaven's gates.
(d) Back home.

15. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what work did the boy do at his father's home?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Field work.
(d) Cattle herding.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Prodigal Son,' how does the father treat his son when he sees him?

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

3. How does God feel at the end of the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?

4. What does the speaker want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?

5. What is 'Listen, Lord' about?

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