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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem 'The Creation' what helps things to grow in stanza seven?
(a) God's footsteps.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Rain.
(d) Love.

3. What does the first stanza of 'The Prodigal Son' claim men are lacking in combat?
(a) Faith.
(b) Armor.
(c) Technique.
(d) Power and size.

4. What emotion does God feel towards the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Joy.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Pity.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Prodigal Son,' whose house does the preacher say every boy wants to leave?

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

3. What city does the boy visit in stanza eight of 'The Prodigal Son' ?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Judas betray Jesus in the poem 'The Crucifixion'?

2. Where is Jesus at the start of 'The Crucifixion' and who is with him?

3. How does God comfort Sister Caroline?

4. How is Jesus dressed for the crucifixion?

5. What happens when God walks upon the earth in 'The Creation'?

6. Why does the preacher say that Jesus does not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son'?

7. In the poem 'Judgment Day,' how does the God describe the righteous? What will they wear? What animal does he refer to them as?

8. What does the preacher say at the end of 'Go Down Death'?

9. How does Sister Caroline react to seeing God?

10. Where does God go to ponder His loneliness in the poem 'The Creation'?

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