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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?
(a) The comparison of God to a farmer.
(b) The comparison of sinners to rocks.
(c) The comparison of God to slippery ground.
(d) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.

2. In the Doctrine section, Edwards speaks of the "multitudes" of God's enemies (406). What is true of these enemies?
(a) They believe themselves to be more powerful than they actually are.
(b) They are unpredictable.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) There are a huge number of them.

3. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell the congregants makes them "heavy as lead" (411)?
(a) Their anger.
(b) Their wickedness.
(c) Their false beliefs.
(d) Their fear.

4. 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) Lightweight debris and trash that result from manufacturing.
(c) The plants that we know as tumbleweeds.
(d) Small winged insects.

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) Consumed them.
(b) Unleashed them.
(c) Created them.
(d) Destroyed them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls corruption "immoderate" (408). What is he claiming about corruption?

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 religious movement was Edwards a part of?

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