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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?
(a) Hungry lions.
(b) The fiery pit.
(c) Devils.
(d) Angels.

2. 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.

3. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Sinners would create hell for themselves if God did not restrain them.
(b) God is the only thing keeping sinners out of hell.
(c) Accepting Christ is the only way to avoid hell.
(d) People fool themselves if they think they have the power to keep themselves out of hell.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?
(a) Lions.
(b) A stormy sea.
(c) The fires of hell.
(d) Devils.

5. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?
(a) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.
(b) The comparison of God to a farmer.
(c) The comparison of God to slippery ground.
(d) The comparison of sinners to rocks.

6. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?
(a) Righteous believers.
(b) Fear of hell.
(c) Its own sinfulness.
(d) God's power.

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

8. 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.

9. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Personification.

10. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls God's laws "immutable" (407). What is he saying is true of God's laws?
(a) They cannot be changed.
(b) They cannot be argued with.
(c) They are just.
(d) They are wise.

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

12. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) God is like an archer, and his bow is already bent.
(b) Sinners have only the present moment to repent.
(c) Sinners deserve to be in hell.
(d) God is gracious enough to give sinners many chances to repent.

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

14. What is the only thing, according to Edwards, that stops God from sending the wicked to hell?
(a) The possibility of their repentance.
(b) His arbitrary will.
(c) Their covenant with Him.
(d) Christ's love.

15. What proof does Edwards offer that it is not possible to avoid death once God has decided it will happen?
(a) The story of Jonah.
(b) The examples of several famous people.
(c) The story of Lazarus.
(d) Smart people die at the same rate as foolish people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?

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

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

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