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

2. In 'The Prodigal Son' what does the preacher say people can be categorized as?
(a) Human and non-human.
(b) One of the two types of sons.
(c) Man and woman.
(d) Sinner and righteous.

3. Where is the speaker going in the first stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) To work.
(b) To church.
(c) To God.
(d) To Hell.

4. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' where does the son travel to?
(a) Far away lands.
(b) His brother's castle.
(c) The city.
(d) The village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want bestowed upon the preacher?

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

3. In the third stanza of 'The Prodigal Son,', one of the man's sons approaches him with a question. Which son approaches?

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

5. In 'The Creation' what does God roll in his hand in the fourth stanza?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 'Noah Built the Ark,' who does Adam blame for his actions against God?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe what Noah tells the people and how the people react to him.

7. How does the preacher wish his words to be delivered in 'Listen, Lord'?

8. Who does God send to Sister Caroline's side?

9. What sign does God deliver at the end of 'Noah Built the Ark' and what does the sign mean?

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

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