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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 introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) They will call on God's mercy.
(b) They will cause it themselves.
(c) They will attempt to evade it.
(d) They will ignore the opportunity to be saved.

2. 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?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Argument by analogy.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Antithesis.

3. In the Application section of his sermon, what phrase does Edwards keep adding to in order to increase the intensity of his point?
(a) The King of kings.
(b) The fires of hell.
(c) The depth of sin.
(d) The wrath of God.

4. According to the Application section of Edwards' sermon, in what should the unconverted congregants see God's hand?
(a) The fact that they are able to hear God's wisdom.
(b) The fact that they are offered redemption through Christ's sacrifice.
(c) The fact that they did not die in their sleep and go to hell the previous night.
(d) The fact that they were not struck and killed in the road that morning.

5. To what does Edwards compare earthly potentates in the Application section of his essay?
(a) Comets and stars.
(b) Lions and flood water.
(c) Spiders and fire.
(d) Worms and grasshoppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Application section of the sermon create immediacy?

2. In the Doctrine section of his essay, Edwards claims that something is under the "dominion" of the devil (407). What is the devil's dominion?

3. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?

4. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is happening in their time?

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

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