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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what are the people in the city like?

2. How does the speaker describe God in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

3. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what work did the boy do at his father's home?

4. What does God describe as "Blacker that a hundred midnights?"

5. What does God step into in 'The Creation' ?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what becomes of the son after living in Babylon?

5. In 'Go Down Death,' who is Sister Caroline?

6. How does God comfort Sister Caroline?

7. Describe Death in 'Go Down Death.'

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

9. Why does the preacher say that Jesus does not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son'?

10. How does God feel about Sister Caroline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the story of Adam and Eve. How does Johnson relate their story to Noah? What role does Satan play in their story?

Essay Topic 2

How does Johnson use dialect and dialogue in his poems? Site specific examples and discuss why Johnson makes the choices he does. What does it add to the poem?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one poem of Johnson's and discuss it's rhyming scheme. What is rhyming scheme? How do rhymes enhance a poem? Why does Johnson choose that specific rhyming scheme for the poem?

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