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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. How does the preacher in 'Go Down Death' describe Death's body?

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

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

4. What is missing in the city the prodigal son travels to?

5. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who will God judge on Judgment Day?

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

3. What does Jesus pray about at the start of 'The Crucifixion'?

4. Describe how God creates the sun.

5. How does Sister Caroline react to seeing God?

6. What does the preacher interject into the middle of the poem 'The Prodigal Son'?

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

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

9. What question does the preacher ask his congregation at the end of the poem 'Judgment Day'?

10. How does God create man in the poem 'The Creation'? How does He bring man to life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provide detailed autobiographical information about the author and explain how his life influenced his choice to write these poems.

Essay Topic 2

In the poem 'Judgment Day' God divides people into sheep and goats. Describe each group including clothing, and their final destination. Finally describe the events of Judgment Day as written by Johnson.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the term "Sledgehammer of truth." Which poem does this line appear in? What does it refer to? Analyze the term in the context of the poem.

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