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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' fifth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Sinners belong to God, not to the devil.
(b) The devil is ready and waiting to take sinners into hell.
(c) God is angrier with sinners in hell than those on earth.
(d) It does not matter whether sinners deserve to be in hell.

2. Edwards mentions, in the Application section of his sermon, God's "omnipotent" power (412). What kind of power does this mean God has?
(a) Merciful.
(b) All-powerful.
(c) Wise.
(d) All-seeing.

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

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say the Bible recommends be done with the tree with poisoned fruit?
(a) Neglect its tending.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Harvest and burn its fruit.
(d) Cut it down.

5. 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) Anaphora.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Argument by analogy.

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 Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell unconverted congregants their relationship to the earth is?

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

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

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

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