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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Text.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "gut."
(b) Rhymes with "ought."
(c) Rhymes with "route."
(d) Rhymes with "oat."

2. What is Deuteronomy?
(a) The Massachusetts town where Edwards' home congregation was located.
(b) A book of the Bible.
(c) God's plan for all people and all time.
(d) The liberal philosophy Edwards opposed.

3. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?
(a) Stern and angry.
(b) Loud and threatening.
(c) Calm and reasonable.
(d) Friendly and cheerful.

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

5. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?
(a) God's careful tending.
(b) Christian people.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) God's Creation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?

3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the first thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?

4. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?

5. What criticism does Edwards level against the people mentioned in the opening of his sermon?

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