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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Doctrine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1741.
(c) 1686.
(d) 1620.

2. In the Doctrine section, what Biblical story does the "serpent" allude to?
(a) Sodom and Gomorrah.
(b) The Garden of Eden.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) The Last Supper.

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "providence" several times. To what is he referring?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The Christian origin story.
(c) The plan that God has made for all people at all times.
(d) The system of divine justice.

4. What is Edwards' tenth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Only good deeds and good character will keep a person out of hell.
(b) Sinners are the property of hell whether they are alive or dead.
(c) All people are subject to divine law.
(d) God has no agreement with or obligations to the unconverted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls God's laws "immutable" (407). What is he saying is true of God's laws?

3. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards says that the Israelites will experience "desolation" (405). What does this mean they will experience?

4. What is Edwards' seventh argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

5. 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?

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