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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. 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) People fool themselves if they think they have the power to keep themselves out of hell.
(d) Accepting Christ is the only way to avoid hell.

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

3. 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) People should not take comfort in their seeming safety.
(d) Sinners hate God and His laws.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says, of death, "It came as a thief" (410), what rhetorical device is he using?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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)?

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

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

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards mean when he says that the "mere pleasure of God" (406) is all that keeps sinners out of hell?

6. 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?

7. Why does Edwards say, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, that those who think that they are protecting themselves from hell are fooling themselves?

8. 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).

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

10. 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.

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