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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Go Down Death—A Funeral Sermon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which biblical story is 'The Prodigal Son' based on?
(a) Noah.
(b) Kain and Abel.
(c) The prodigal son.
(d) David and Goliath.

2. What does God create in the fourth stanza of 'The Creation'?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) The earth.

3. In the poem 'The Creation,' what appears in the sky at the end of stanza seven?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) The stars.
(c) The moon.
(d) God.

4. Where does Death take the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) To Hell.
(b) To Heaven.
(c) To look at her past.
(d) To her mother.

5. Who does God call to him in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) His servants.
(b) His son.
(c) The angels.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?

2. In the poem 'Listen, Lord' what does the speaker want the preacher protected from?

3. What message does the Preacher deliver at the end of the poem, 'Go Down Death'?

4. In 'The Prodigal Son' what does the preacher say people can be categorized as?

5. What is the poem 'The Creation' about?

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