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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 is Edwards' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) There is no way for a person to plan and scheme their way out of going to hell.
(b) Only the predestined, or "God's Elect," will go to heaven.
(c) A personal relationship with God is the route to salvation.
(d) People can learn from the example of sinners already in hell.

2. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards warns sinners that there is "nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment" (413), he is using which literary technique?
(a) Argument by analogy.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Antithesis.

3. What is the second characteristic of the wrath that awaits sinners that Edwards reminds his congregants about in the Application section of his sermon?
(a) It is an extremely fierce wrath.
(b) It is inevitable.
(c) It is reserved for the worst sinners.
(d) It is caused by the sinners themselves.

4. 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) Hatred.
(d) Delight.

5. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) They will cause it themselves.
(b) They will call on God's mercy.
(c) They will attempt to evade it.
(d) They will ignore the opportunity to be saved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to the "manifold" experience of the world. What kind of experience is this?

3. In the passage "the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God would rush forth with inconceivable fury," (412) what literary technique is employed?

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

5. What is Edwards' first argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

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