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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards says that the Israelites will experience "desolation" (405). What does this mean they will experience?
(a) Destruction.
(b) A fall.
(c) A plague.
(d) Misery.

3. What criticism does Edwards level against the people mentioned in the opening of his sermon?
(a) Despite being warned repeatedly, they continued to defy God.
(b) Despite being blessed by God's grace, they were sinful.
(c) They were oppressive toward God's chosen people.
(d) They worshiped false idols.

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

5. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the second thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It will be expected.
(b) It will be thorough.
(c) It will be predictable.
(d) It will be sudden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deuteronomy?

2. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?

3. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?

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

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

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