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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Edwards' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls God's laws "immutable" (407). What is he saying is true of God's laws?
3. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?
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?
5. In the Doctrine section, what Biblical story does the "serpent" allude to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.
2. 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?
3. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?
4. 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.
5. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?
6. 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).
7. 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?
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. 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?
10. 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)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the use of listing in Edwards' sermon. What is its purpose, and how does it work to accomplish this purpose?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the effect of repetition in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Essay Topic 3
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is both a model of logic and a model of horror. How does the constraint of horror inside the boundaries of a logical argument actually increase, rather than decrease, the sense of danger? Write an essay in which you use the analogy of a horror story or horror movie to explain how Edwards' restraint makes the danger seem more real and more terrifying than it would in a less controlled, less carefully organized context.
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