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

2. How does the Application section of the sermon create immediacy?
(a) It is the first section of the sermon that applies to modern people.
(b) It names specific members of the congregation and warns them of the dangers of hell.
(c) It personalizes the danger of hell by applying the Doctrine to the congregation itself.
(d) It discusses how current events in their community are endangering their souls.

3. 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) Change.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Understanding of their own situation.
(d) A reduction in suffering.

4. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It will happen during the Second Coming.
(b) The timing depends on the depth of their sin.
(c) It will happen when they stray too far toward the pit.
(d) The timing depends on God's will.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deuteronomy?

2. In the Doctrine section of his essay, Edwards claims that something is under the "dominion" of the devil (407). What is the devil's dominion?

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

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?

5. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards tells congregants that "There are the black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm," (411), what literary technique is he employing?

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