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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says "O Sinner!" (413), what literary technique is he using?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Apostrophe.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?
(a) Fear.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Delight.
(d) Hatred.

3. What is the third characteristic of the wrath that awaits sinners that Edwards reminds his congregants about in the Application section of his sermon?
(a) God's wrath is righteous.
(b) It is inescapable.
(c) Divine justice requires God's anger.
(d) The extremity of God's wrath will demonstrate his power.

4. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?
(a) The fiery pit.
(b) Angels.
(c) Devils.
(d) Hungry lions.

5. According to the Application section of the sermon, when will God have compassion on sinners?
(a) When their suffering is too much to bear.
(b) When they confess their sins.
(c) When their souls are crushed.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edwards mentions, in the Application section of his sermon, God's "omnipotent" power (412). What kind of power does this mean God has?

2. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says of God "he'll crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments," (415), what literary technique does he employ?

3. 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?

4. In the Doctrine section, what Biblical story does the "serpent" allude to?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, when Edwards says "as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained," (408), this is an example of which literary technique?

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