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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) Stern and angry.
(c) Loud and threatening.
(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) Misery.
(b) Destruction.
(c) A fall.
(d) A plague.

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

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

5. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). What has God done with these works?
(a) Created them.
(b) Consumed them.
(c) Unleashed them.
(d) Destroyed them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?

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

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

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

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