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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Application section of the sermon, what will God do when sinners beg for mercy?
(a) Have pity.
(b) Grow angrier.
(c) Laugh at them.
(d) Test their sincerity.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls corruption "immoderate" (408). What is he claiming about corruption?
(a) It is a relic of the past.
(b) It is as hot as fire.
(c) It draws attention to itself.
(d) It exceeds normal boundaries.

3. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?
(a) Deism.
(b) The Great Awakening.
(c) Liberation Theology.
(d) Dualism.

4. In the metaphor "The bow of God's wrath is bent," (412) to what does Edwards compare God?
(a) A gift-giver.
(b) A ship's captain.
(c) An archer.
(d) A performer.

5. Edwards closes his sermon by comparing the people of the congregation to which Biblical people?
(a) Cain and Abel.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) The people of Jerusalem.
(d) The people of Sodom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Application section of his sermon, to what does Edwards compare accepting Christ?

3. 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?

4. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?

5. What is Deuteronomy?

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