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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does the Preacher deliver at the end of the poem, 'Go Down Death'?
(a) That the woman is not dead but with Jesus.
(b) That the woman is doomed to a life in Hell.
(c) That the woman is dead.
(d) That the woman should have changed her life.

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

3. In the second stanza of 'Go Down Death' what does the preacher do?
(a) Goes back in time.
(b) Prays.
(c) Goes forward in time.
(d) Goes to church.

4. What is the woman's reaction to the person Death takes her to meet in 'Go Down Death'?
(a) She does nothing.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She cries.
(d) She screams.

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

6. In 'Go Down Death,' where does the preacher say the dead go?
(a) To Jesus.
(b) To Hell.
(c) To Heaven.
(d) To God.

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

8. How does the father respond to his son's request in 'The Prodigal Son.'.
(a) He sings his praises.
(b) He helps divide the cattle.
(c) He hugs him.
(d) He begs him not to.

9. How many actions does each stanza in 'The Creation' describe?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

10. In 'Go Down Death,' what does death ride upon?
(a) A wing.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A dark horse.
(d) A pale horse.

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

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

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

14. Who does the woman meet in stanza nine of 'Go Down Death'?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Death.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Her maker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does God feel towards the woman in 'Go Down Death'?

2. What does God step into in 'The Creation' ?

3. When the woman eventually meets Jesus in 'Go Down Death,' what does he do to her?

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

5. What does God create in the sixth stanza of 'The Creation'?

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