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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 want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Food.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Gold.

2. Who does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' say men should not go into combat with?
(a) The king.
(b) God.
(c) The queen.
(d) Goliath.

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

4. What does God describe as "Blacker that a hundred midnights?"
(a) The sky.
(b) The night.
(c) Darkness.
(d) The swamp.

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

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

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

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

9. In 'The Creation,' what does God want to end?
(a) His loneliness.
(b) His existence.
(c) World hunger.
(d) War.

10. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' where does the son travel to?
(a) His brother's castle.
(b) The city.
(c) Far away lands.
(d) The village.

11. In the second stanza of 'The Creation' what is the only thing that God can see?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Light.
(c) Joy.
(d) Despair.

12. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) The oceans.
(c) The moon.
(d) The world.

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

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

15. How does God feel at the end of the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) Sad.
(b) Giddy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Pleased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say the preachers words should be similar to?

2. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what are the people in the city like?

3. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?

4. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what activities does the son participate in while in the city?

5. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?

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