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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem 'The Prodigal Son,' what activities does the son participate in while in the city?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Study.
(c) Music lessons.
(d) Drinking and Gambling.

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

3. What tool does the speaker in 'Listen, Lord' say the preachers words should be similar to?
(a) A ice pick.
(b) A buzz saw.
(c) A sledge hammer.
(d) A screwdriver.

4. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' what does the speaker say the preacher's imagination should be cleaned with?
(a) Oil.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Soap.
(d) Turpentine.

5. Who is the voice of 'The Creation'?
(a) Jesus.
(b) A poor man.
(c) God.
(d) The preacher.

6. In 'The Prodigal Son,' how does the father treat his son when he sees him?
(a) He ignores him.
(b) He treats him hesitantly.
(c) Like a thief.
(d) Like an honored guest.

7. What emotion does God feel towards the woman in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Joy.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Pity.
(d) Fear.

8. What does the 'Listen, Lord' speaker want the preacher cleaned of?
(a) Sin.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Paint.
(d) Dirt.

9. Who else, besides the woman, sees Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Everyone.
(b) No one.
(c) The dying person next to her.
(d) Her mother.

10. What is the woman's reaction to Death in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She recognizes him.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She does not see him.
(d) She screams.

11. What does Johnson write rests between the sun and the stars in the poem 'The Creation'?
(a) The moon.
(b) The world.
(c) The atmosphere.
(d) The oceans.

12. What does God step into in 'The Creation' ?
(a) A crowd.
(b) An empty space.
(c) An unlit room.
(d) Heaven.

13. Who does God look down on, according to 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Sister Anne.
(b) His People.
(c) Sister Caroline.
(d) The congregation.

14. In the poem 'The Creation' what helps things to grow in stanza seven?
(a) Rain.
(b) God's footsteps.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Love.

15. How does God feel after he created all the elements of the earth and sky?
(a) Estactic.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Complete.
(d) Tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does God throw the leftover light in the poem 'The Creation'?

2. In 'Listen, Lord,' what does the preacher say the congregation need to be filled with?

3. What does the speaker request in the final stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?

4. What is 'Go Down Death' about?

5. How does the father respond to his son's request in 'The Prodigal Son.'.

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