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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Appeal to credibility.
(b) Appeal to authority.
(c) Argument by analogy.
(d) Logical deduction.

2. When Edwards uses the phrase "natural man," what is he referring to?
(a) Souls already in hell.
(b) Those who have not been "born again."
(c) People who live as God intends them to.
(d) Adam.

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?
(a) If they can no longer stand the suffering, they can ask God for mercy.
(b) They were not smart enough to outwit the devil.
(c) If they repent they can finally enter heaven.
(d) They did not expect to end up there.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Delight.
(d) Quiet.

5. The expression "The arrows of death fly unseen at noonday" (408), which Edwards uses in the Doctrine section of his sermon, could properly be called an example of which literary technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Simile.
(c) Syllogism.
(d) Aphorism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?

2. According to the Doctrine section of the sermon, what is always hanging over the heads of sinners?

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

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

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say the Bible recommends be done with the tree with poisoned fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?

2. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.

3. In the end of the Doctrine section of his sermon, what criticism does Edwards make of religious authorities who do not believe what he believes?

4. Explain what Edwards is saying, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, about the nature of the souls of sinners when he says "There are in the souls of wicked men those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell fire, if it were not for God's restraints" (408).

5. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?

6. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards compares God's power to the power of a human to crush a worm. Explain the meaning and significance of this analogy.

7. When, in the Doctrine section of his speech, Edwards says that "The Scripture represents them as his 'goods'" (407), to whom does he refer when he says "them" and "his," and what point is he making about these people?

8. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says of sinners that "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them," (407), what does he mean, and what analogy found elsewhere in the sermon is he making reference to?

9. Why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, does Edwards say that sinners should not be comforted by the fact that there is no "visible means of death at hand" (408)?

10. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?

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