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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Application.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Application section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "earthly potentates" (413). What are "earthly potentates"?
(a) Geographical features.
(b) Farmers and shepherds.
(c) The subjects of human rulers.
(d) Kings and other human authorities.

2. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?
(a) Jewish people.
(b) God's careful tending.
(c) Christian people.
(d) God's Creation.

3. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?
(a) Dualism.
(b) Deism.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) Liberation Theology.

4. Sections of this sermon that make references like "The wrath of God is like great waters" (411) are making reference to what Biblical story?
(a) Noah and the Flood.
(b) The baptism of John.
(c) Jonah and the "Great Fish."
(d) God's creation of the world.

5. What is Edwards' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Only the predestined, or "God's Elect," will go to heaven.
(b) People can learn from the example of sinners already in hell.
(c) A personal relationship with God is the route to salvation.
(d) There is no way for a person to plan and scheme their way out of going to hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the first thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?

2. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards warn his audience happens with every day they live in an unconverted state?

3. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards warns sinners that there is "nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment" (413), he is using which literary technique?

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?

5. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says of God "he'll crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments," (415), what literary technique does he employ?

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