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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. When the woman eventually meets Jesus in 'Go Down Death,' what does he do to her?
(a) Blesses her.
(b) Pats her on her shoulder.
(c) Rocks her.
(d) Forgives her.

2. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?
(a) God's creation of humans.
(b) God's creation of the moon.
(c) God's creation of Earth.
(d) Noah's creation of the ark.

3. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker ask God to ride past?
(a) The gates of Heaven.
(b) The gates of Hell.
(c) The mountains.
(d) His house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want the preacher cleaned of?

2. In the poem 'The Creation,' where does God walk?

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

4. In the second stanza of 'Go Down Death' what does the preacher do?

5. In the second stanza of 'The Creation' what is the only thing that God can see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the final request the speaker of 'Listen, Lord' makes?

2. Describe Moses' interaction with God in the poem 'Let My People Go.' How does God appear? What article of clothing must Moses remove?

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

4. In the poem 'The Creation', how does God create light? How does He feel after He creates light?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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