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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 authority.
(c) Appeal to credibility.
(d) Argument by analogy.

2. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?
(a) The comparison of God to slippery ground.
(b) The comparison of God to a farmer.
(c) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.
(d) The comparison of sinners to rocks.

3. Edwards closes his sermon by comparing the people of the congregation to which Biblical people?
(a) The people of Sodom.
(b) Cain and Abel.
(c) The people of Jerusalem.
(d) Adam and Eve.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?
(a) They think that hell does not exist.
(b) They think that they are smarter and trickier than the people who are already in hell.
(c) They think that they are special favorites of God.
(d) They think that God does not exist.

5. In the passage "the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God would rush forth with inconceivable fury," (412) what literary technique is employed?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Restatement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Application section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "earthly potentates" (413). What are "earthly potentates"?

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

3. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell the congregation about their careful tending of their own health and safety?

4. According to the Application section of Edwards' sermon, in what should the unconverted congregants see God's hand?

5. Edwards mentions, in the Application section of his sermon, God's "omnipotent" power (412). What kind of power does this mean God has?

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