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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?
(a) God has a huge number of ways of killing a person without warning.
(b) The devil is always waiting for humans to make mistakes.
(c) The justice of heaven is applied to all people alike.
(d) God despises sinners.

2. The expression "The arrows of death fly unseen at noonday" (408), which Edwards uses in the Doctrine section of his sermon, could properly be called an example of which literary technique?
(a) Aphorism.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Syllogism.

3. How does the Application section of the sermon create immediacy?
(a) It is the first section of the sermon that applies to modern people.
(b) It names specific members of the congregation and warns them of the dangers of hell.
(c) It discusses how current events in their community are endangering their souls.
(d) It personalizes the danger of hell by applying the Doctrine to the congregation itself.

4. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?
(a) Christians.
(b) The Pharisees.
(c) The Israelites.
(d) Egyptians.

5. Edwards' claim, the the Doctrine section of his sermon, that "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering" (408), is what type of argument?
(a) Logical deduction.
(b) Appeal to credibility.
(c) Argument by analogy.
(d) Appeal to authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edwards, God's enemies are "chaff before the whirlwind" (406). What is he comparing them to?

2. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards connects the idea of the "poisoned fruit" to what people?

4. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?

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