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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Edwards uses the phrase "natural man," what is he referring to?
(a) Souls already in hell.
(b) People who live as God intends them to.
(c) Those who have not been "born again."
(d) Adam.

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

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

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

5. 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 sinners to rocks.
(c) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.
(d) The comparison of God to a farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proof does Edwards offer that it is not possible to avoid death once God has decided it will happen?

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?

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. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to the "manifold" experience of the world. What kind of experience is this?

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