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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 4 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deuteronomy?
(a) The liberal philosophy Edwards opposed.
(b) A book of the Bible.
(c) The Massachusetts town where Edwards' home congregation was located.
(d) God's plan for all people and all time.

2. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?
(a) Loud and threatening.
(b) Stern and angry.
(c) Calm and reasonable.
(d) Friendly and cheerful.

3. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?
(a) 1686.
(b) 1741.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1620.

4. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the first thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It is uncertain.
(b) It is preventable.
(c) It is unjust.
(d) It is inevitable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism does Edwards level against the people mentioned in the opening of his sermon?

2. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). What has God done with these works?

3. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?

4. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?

5. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Edwards preached his revised sermon to the Enfield Congregation, what was the reaction, and how did Edwards respond?

2. What does Edwards mean when he says the Israelites "under all the cultivations of heaven, brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit" (405)?

3. Summarize Edwards' four-part argument from the introductory section of his sermon.

4. According to Edwards, what is the meaning of the Biblical passage that opens the sermon?

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