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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. Who does God look down on, according to 'Go Down Death'?
(a) His People.
(b) The congregation.
(c) Sister Anne.
(d) Sister Caroline.

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

3. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker say the preacher's imagination should be cleaned with?
(a) Oil.
(b) Soap.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Turpentine.

4. How does God feel about the creation of light?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He frowns.
(c) He is sad.
(d) He is pleased.

5. What does the sermon in 'Go Down Death' suggest the dead are not?
(a) Alive.
(b) Deceased.
(c) Sinners.
(d) Free.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?

3. What does the boy become in stanza eleven of 'The Prodigal Son' ?

4. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker want the congregation to realize?

5. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the younger son in 'The Prodigal Son' ask his father for? What is his father's response?

2. How is Jesus dressed for the crucifixion?

3. What does the preacher ask God to do for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

4. What does God do in the poem 'Let My People Go,' in order to convince the Pharaoh to do his bidding?

5. Describe how the congregation in 'Listen, Lord' approaches God.

6. In the poem 'Let My People Go,' why does the Pharaoh send his armies after the Hebrews? How do they escape?

7. How will people know that Judgment Day arrives? Who will notify them?

8. Describe Death in 'Go Down Death.'

9. How does the son's father in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' receive him after they meet again?

10. Describe what the poem 'The Creation' is about. Be specific.

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