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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Sinners deserve to be in hell.
(b) God is like an archer, and his bow is already bent.
(c) God is gracious enough to give sinners many chances to repent.
(d) Sinners have only the present moment to repent.

2. Edwards mentions, in the Application section of his sermon, God's "omnipotent" power (412). What kind of power does this mean God has?
(a) Merciful.
(b) Wise.
(c) All-seeing.
(d) All-powerful.

3. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says "There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell's wide gaping mouth open," (411), what literary technique is being employed?
(a) Simile.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Denotation.

4. According to the Doctrine section of the sermon, what is always hanging over the heads of sinners?
(a) The sword of divine justice.
(b) The vigilante's noose.
(c) The sword of Damocles.
(d) The hangman's noose.

5. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says that the unconverted have "no interest in any mediator," (413), what does he mean?
(a) Those who have not been reborn in Christ are unable to truly love God.
(b) The unconverted are uninterested in Christ's love and sacrifice.
(c) Those who have not been reborn in Christ will not benefit from the covenant between God and humans that Christ embodies.
(d) The unconverted fail to understand the power of Christ to intervene with God.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says "O Sinner!" (413), what literary technique is he using?

2. What is Deuteronomy?

3. What proof does Edwards offer that it is not possible to avoid death once God has decided it will happen?

4. In the Application section of his sermon, what argument does Edwards offer to those who are unconvinced by his sermon?

5. In the "Doctrine" section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to God's "sovereign" power. What kind of power is this?

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