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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) Grow angrier.
(b) Have pity.
(c) Laugh at them.
(d) Test their sincerity.

2. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is happening in their time?
(a) Foreign religious ideas are causing New Englanders to misunderstand the Gospel.
(b) People are rebelling against tradition.
(c) More people are currently being converted than ever have been in the past or will be in the future.
(d) People are falling away from religion.

3. 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?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Metaphor.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "providence" several times. To what is he referring?
(a) The Christian origin story.
(b) The plan that God has made for all people at all times.
(c) The system of divine justice.
(d) Heaven.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Edwards compare earthly potentates in the Application section of his essay?

3. In the Application section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "earthly potentates" (413). What are "earthly potentates"?

4. What is the fourth characteristic of the wrath that awaits sinners that Edwards reminds his congregants about in the Application section of his sermon?

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

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