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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does the boy visit in stanza eight of 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) Lot.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Caanan.

2. What does the speaker request in the final stanza of 'Listen, Lord'?
(a) A wonderful preacher.
(b) A peaceful death.
(c) A morning dove.
(d) A sign.

3. What does the boy become in stanza eleven of 'The Prodigal Son' ?
(a) A banker.
(b) A prince.
(c) A beggar.
(d) A thief.

4. In 'The Creation,' what does God want to end?
(a) War.
(b) World hunger.
(c) His existence.
(d) His loneliness.

5. When the woman eventually meets Jesus in 'Go Down Death,' what does he do to her?
(a) Blesses her.
(b) Pats her on her shoulder.
(c) Rocks her.
(d) Forgives her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does God give in 'Go Down Death'?

2. What are the women in the city like in the poem 'The Prodigal Son' ?

3. In 'The Prodigal Son,' what are the people in the city like?

4. In the poem 'Listen, Lord,' how does the speaker want the preacher to deliver the word of God?

5. How does God create light?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sign does God deliver at the end of 'Noah Built the Ark' and what does the sign mean?

2. What does God do in the poem 'Let My People Go,' in order to convince the Pharaoh to do his bidding?

3. Where does God go to ponder His loneliness in the poem 'The Creation'?

4. In the poem 'The Creation', how does God create light? How does He feel after He creates light?

5. What happens when God walks upon the earth in 'The Creation'?

6. How does the poet describe the dead in the poem 'Go Down Death'?

7. Who is the last righteous man on earth in the poem 'Noah Built the Ark,' and how does God reward him?

8. In the poem 'The Crucifixion,' what does the preacher make sure to point out about the man that helps Jesus carry his cross?

9. Describe how God creates the sun.

10. In 'Go Down Death,' who is Sister Caroline?

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