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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edwards' first argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) God can easily cast sinners into hell.
(b) God is strong enough to make the earth tremble.
(c) God's enemies believe they can defeat Him.
(d) God is like an earthly prince.

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

3. What is Edwards' fourth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Once a sinner is in hell, God is no longer angry at them.
(b) God's anger comes and goes; this is what determines the moment a sinner will be sent to hell.
(c) Sinners only stay on earth for as long as they escape God's attention.
(d) God is as angry with sinners on earth as He is with sinners in hell.

4. In the Doctrine section, Edwards speaks of the "multitudes" of God's enemies (406). What is true of these enemies?
(a) They are unpredictable.
(b) There are a huge number of them.
(c) They believe themselves to be more powerful than they actually are.
(d) They are dangerous.

5. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says, of death, "It came as a thief" (410), what rhetorical device is he using?
(a) Logos.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Personification.

6. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, when Edwards says "as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained," (408), this is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

7. What is Edwards' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) People can learn from the example of sinners already in hell.
(b) There is no way for a person to plan and scheme their way out of going to hell.
(c) A personal relationship with God is the route to salvation.
(d) Only the predestined, or "God's Elect," will go to heaven.

8. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?
(a) God despises sinners.
(b) The justice of heaven is applied to all people alike.
(c) God has a huge number of ways of killing a person without warning.
(d) The devil is always waiting for humans to make mistakes.

9. What is Edwards' third argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) God's laws are an agreement between God and humans.
(b) God is able to send anyone to hell, regardless of their good works.
(c) The law of God is unchanging.
(d) Sinners have already been sentenced to hell.

10. 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) Heaven.
(c) The plan that God has made for all people at all times.
(d) The system of divine justice.

11. Edwards' claim, the the Doctrine section of his sermon, that "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering" (408), is what type of argument?
(a) Argument by analogy.
(b) Appeal to authority.
(c) Appeal to credibility.
(d) Logical deduction.

12. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards connects the idea of the "poisoned fruit" to what people?
(a) The residents of Sodom.
(b) The citizens of Connecticut.
(c) The English.
(d) The Romans.

13. 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 draws attention to itself.
(c) It is as hot as fire.
(d) It exceeds normal boundaries.

14. In the "Doctrine" section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to God's "sovereign" power. What kind of power is this?
(a) Furious.
(b) Independent.
(c) Devastating.
(d) Merciful.

15. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?
(a) "There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any one moment, out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God."
(b) "The Use may be of Awakening to unconverted persons in this congregation."
(c) "There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment."
(d) "Their foot shall slide in due time. "

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

4. What is Edwards' eighth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?

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