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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She does not see him.
(b) She screams.
(c) She recognizes him.
(d) She laughs.

8. What message does the Preacher deliver at the end of the poem, 'Go Down Death'?
(a) That the woman is doomed to a life in Hell.
(b) That the woman is not dead but with Jesus.
(c) That the woman should have changed her life.
(d) That the woman is dead.

9. What does the boy become in stanza eleven of 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) A prince.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A banker.
(d) A thief.

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 truth.
(c) The telescope of death.
(d) The telescope of clarity.

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

12. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?
(a) They are kind.
(b) They are lucky.
(c) They are smaller then God.
(d) They are pious.

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

14. What is 'Go Down Death' about?
(a) Death.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) A funeral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does God create light?

2. What experience is the woman in 'Go Down Death' going through?

3. How does God feel after he created all the elements of the earth and sky?

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the preacher say the congregation need to be filled with?

5. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?

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