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

2. Who does the woman meet in stanza nine of 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Her maker.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Death.

3. In 'The Prodigal Son,' whose house does the preacher say every boy wants to leave?
(a) God's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His mother's.

4. What is the boy's new life like in 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Easy.
(b) Full of joy.
(c) Hard.
(d) Full of family.

5. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) To Heaven.
(b) To her mother.
(c) To look at her past.
(d) To Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prodigal son ask his father for?

2. In the poem 'The Creation,' what appears in the sky at the end of stanza seven?

3. How does God feel at the end of the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?

4. Who is the voice of 'The Creation'?

5. How does the speaker describe the congregation in 'Listen, Lord'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does stanza one of 'The Prodigal Son' warn men about?

2. In 'Listen, Lord', where does the preacher plea God ride past? What does he say God will be riding on?

3. How long do the floods last in the poem 'Noah Built the Ark'?

4. How does the poet describe the dead in the poem 'Go Down Death'?

5. What occurs during the crucifixion? What is placed in Jesus' side?

6. In the poem 'The Crucifixion,' what does the preacher make sure to point out about the man that helps Jesus carry his cross?

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

8. Whom does 'Listen, Lord' request blessings be delivered upon?

9. In the poem 'The Creation' what does the rain cause to form on earth?

10. How does Sister Caroline react to seeing God?

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