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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 4 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Deuteronomy?
2. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
4. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards quotes the Bible as saying that the Israelites were "void of counsel," (405). What is this saying about the Israelites?
5. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the first thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize Edwards' four-part argument from the introductory section of his sermon.
2. What does Edwards mean when he says the Israelites "under all the cultivations of heaven, brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit" (405)?
3. According to Edwards, what is the meaning of the Biblical passage that opens the sermon?
4. When Edwards preached his revised sermon to the Enfield Congregation, what was the reaction, and how did Edwards respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Within the syllogistic logic of his sermon, Edwards also uses other types of argument. One of these is argument by analogy. What this means is that Edwards claims that the situation of the sinner is like another situation, and therefore what happens in the second situation will also happen to the sinner. Find an argument by analogy in this sermon, and write an essay in which you both explain and critique Edwards' analogy.
Essay Topic 2
Explain how the structure of the Awakening sermon creates a sense of approaching doom in Edwards' audience. How does the sermon gradually bring its "action" closer and closer to the audience?
Essay Topic 3
Explain how Edwards uses metaphor to make abstract ideas more concrete for his listener.
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