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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say God rides on?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A horse.
(c) Air.
(d) A lightening bolt.

5. How does God create light?
(a) He opens his eyes.
(b) He thinks it.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He makes fire.

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

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

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

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

10. What does God create in the sixth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The sky.
(b) The sun.
(c) The seas.
(d) The earth.

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

12. Where does God throw the leftover light in the poem 'The Creation'?
(a) The sky.
(b) The earth.
(c) The lakes.
(d) The ocean.

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

14. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?
(a) Noah's creation of the ark.
(b) God's creation of the moon.
(c) God's creation of Earth.
(d) God's creation of humans.

15. 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 they represent God and all of humankind.
(c) Because no one is named in the bible.
(d) Because the man and his sons are not important.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does God bring man to life in the last stanza of 'The Creation'?

2. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?

3. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?

4. What grows in stanza seven of 'The Creation'?

5. In the second stanza of 'Go Down Death' what does the preacher do?

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