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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. According to Edwards, God's enemies are "chaff before the whirlwind" (406). What is he comparing them to?
2. What is Edwards' first argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
3. What is Edwards' fifth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
4. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?
5. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is God's attitude toward the sinners who are not yet in hell?
3. 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?
4. 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?
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, what does Edwards mean when he says that the "mere pleasure of God" (406) is all that keeps sinners out of hell?
7. 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).
8. What reasons does Edwards give, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, for divine justice not stopping God from casting sinners into hell?
9. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Great Awakening is considered to be the birth of American Evangelical Christianity. Explain what Evangelical Christianity is and discuss how its key tenets can be traced to the Great Awakening.
Essay Topic 2
Identify an aphorism in Edwards' sermon. Explain what qualifies it as an aphorism and discuss its rhetorical effect.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a hymn by Isaac Watts (his work is available on Project Gutenberg, online). Write an essay that explains how this hymn represents the ideas of the Great Awakening.
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