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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 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. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?
(a) "Their foot shall slide in due time. "
(b) "The Use may be of Awakening to unconverted persons in this congregation."
(c) "There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment."
(d) "There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any one moment, out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God."

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say the Bible recommends be done with the tree with poisoned fruit?
(a) Cut it down.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Harvest and burn its fruit.
(d) Neglect its tending.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?
(a) Devils.
(b) The fires of hell.
(c) Lions.
(d) A stormy sea.

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) God's Creation.
(d) Jewish people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

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

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

4. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). What has God done with these works?

5. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?

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