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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Prodigal Son.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker ask God for in 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) Help.
(b) Money.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Food.

2. How does God bring man to life in the last stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) He blows breath into him.
(b) He claps his hands.
(c) He prays.
(d) He holds him.

3. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) They lure men to sin.
(b) They bring men to prayer.
(c) They are respectful.
(d) They are pious.

4. What does God create in the sixth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The sky.
(b) The earth.
(c) The seas.
(d) The sun.

5. In the second stanza of 'The Creation' what is the only thing that God can see?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Light.
(c) Despair.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' where does the son travel to?

2. How does God create light?

3. In stanza three of 'The Creation,' what body of water does the author use to describe darkness?

4. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?

5. In the third stanza of 'The Prodigal Son,', one of the man's sons approaches him with a question. Which son approaches?

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