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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 'The Creation' what does God roll in his hand in the fourth stanza?
(a) Light.
(b) Mud.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Clay.

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

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

4. What does the speaker want God to give the preacher in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Food.
(d) Freedom.

5. What does the preacher ask the men of his congregation to do at the end of the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Turn away from family.
(b) Turn away from Babylon.
(c) Turn away from God.
(d) Turn toward family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem 'Listen, Lord' what does the speaker want the preacher protected from?

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

3. How are the walls of time described in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

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

5. What does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say God rides on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the God describe the sinners in 'Judgment Day'? What will they wear? What animal does he refer to them as?

2. Describe the form 'Listen, Lord' takes?

3. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what happens to the son while he is in Babylon?

4. How will God react to the cries of the sinners in the poem 'Judgment Day'?

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

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

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

8. In 'Noah Built the Ark,' what does Eve believe will happen if she eats fruit from the tree? Who tells her otherwise?

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

10. In 'Listen, Lord', what does the preacher describe the congregation as?

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