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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Sibilance.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Argument by analogy.

2. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says "That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone is extended abroad under you," (411), what literary technique is being employed?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Argument by analogy.
(c) Aphorism.
(d) Simile.

3. What is Edwards' seventh argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) People should not take comfort in their seeming safety.
(b) God's Providence is for every human soul.
(c) Sinners hate God and His laws.
(d) The devil "owns" the souls of sinners.

4. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell unconverted congregants their relationship to the earth is?
(a) They are meant to be caretakers and stewards of the earth.
(b) They are an unwanted burden to the earth.
(c) The earth is a place for them to learn how to repent and come closer to God.
(d) The earth is just a temporary home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edwards says, in the Application section of his sermon, that unconverted congregants "would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf," (411), what literary technique is he employing?

2. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?

3. According to Edwards, God's enemies are "chaff before the whirlwind" (406). What is he comparing them to?

4. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell the congregation about their careful tending of their own health and safety?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "providence" several times. To what is he referring?

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