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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) Food.
(b) Gold.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Freedom.

2. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She does nothing.
(b) She screams.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs.

3. In 'Listen, Lord,' what emotional position is the speaker in during the first stanza?
(a) A powerful position.
(b) A humble position
(c) A happy position.
(d) A sad position.

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

5. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Like silk.
(b) Like oil.
(c) Like sand.
(d) Like paper.

6. In stanza three of 'The Creation,' what body of water does the author use to describe darkness?
(a) A bay.
(b) A river.
(c) A swamp.
(d) An ocean.

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

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

9. How does the speaker describe the congregation in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) As empty pitchers.
(b) As full plates.
(c) As empty plates.
(d) As full pitchers.

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

11. In 'Go Down Death,' where does the preacher say the dead go?
(a) To God.
(b) To Jesus.
(c) To Heaven.
(d) To Hell.

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

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

14. 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 Babylon.
(b) Turn toward family.
(c) Turn away from God.
(d) Turn away from family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third stanza of 'The Prodigal Son,', one of the man's sons approaches him with a question. Which son approaches?

2. What message does the Preacher deliver at the end of the poem, 'Go Down Death'?

3. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

4. What does God describe as "Blacker that a hundred midnights?"

5. Who does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' say men should not go into combat with?

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