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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edwards' seventh argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) The devil "owns" the souls of sinners.
(b) People should not take comfort in their seeming safety.
(c) God's Providence is for every human soul.
(d) Sinners hate God and His laws.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?
(a) They did not expect to end up there.
(b) They were not smart enough to outwit the devil.
(c) If they can no longer stand the suffering, they can ask God for mercy.
(d) If they repent they can finally enter heaven.

3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) The timing depends on the depth of their sin.
(b) It will happen when they stray too far toward the pit.
(c) The timing depends on God's will.
(d) It will happen during the Second Coming.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?
(a) Fear of hell.
(b) Righteous believers.
(c) Its own sinfulness.
(d) God's power.

5. Edwards' claim, the the Doctrine section of his sermon, that "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering" (408), is what type of argument?
(a) Appeal to authority.
(b) Logical deduction.
(c) Argument by analogy.
(d) Appeal to credibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Doctrine" section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to God's "sovereign" power. What kind of power is this?

2. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?

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

4. 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?

5. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?

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