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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Application.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edwards say, at the beginning of the Application section of his sermon, is the overall purpose of the sermon?
(a) To remind certain members of the congregation that their good works will not keep them out of hell.
(b) To appeal to the Christian love of the congregation as a motive for evangelism.
(c) To warn the congregation of the very great dangers of hell.
(d) To awaken the congregation to the need to "convert" by being reborn in Christ.

2. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards tells the congregants that "you would be like the chaff of the summer threshing floor," (411), what is he referring to?
(a) He is referring to the Biblical text on which the sermon is based.
(b) He is referring to a well-known poem of the Great Awakening.
(c) He is referring to a sermon that was given by George Whitefield.
(d) He is referring back to an earlier section of his own sermon.

3. According to Edwards, God's enemies are "chaff before the whirlwind" (406). What is he comparing them to?
(a) The bits of plant leftover from harvesting grain.
(b) Small winged insects.
(c) The plants that we know as tumbleweeds.
(d) Lightweight debris and trash that result from manufacturing.

4. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says that sinners can expect no "mitigation" (416), what is he saying they should not expect?
(a) Understanding of their own situation.
(b) Change.
(c) A reduction in suffering.
(d) Freedom.

5. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?
(a) 1686.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1741.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards connects the idea of the "poisoned fruit" to what people?

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

3. What is the only thing, according to Edwards, that stops God from sending the wicked to hell?

4. What is the first characteristic of the wrath that awaits sinners that Edwards reminds his congregants about in the Application section of his sermon?

5. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is happening in their time?

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