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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is missing in the city the prodigal son travels to?

3. Who else, besides the woman, sees Death in 'Go Down Death'?

4. In 'Go Down Death,' what does death ride upon?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adam and Even disobey God? What did God warn them not to do?

2. In 'Listen, Lord', what does the preacher describe the congregation as?

3. In 'Noah Built the Ark,' what does Eve believe will happen if she eats fruit from the tree? Who tells her otherwise?

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

5. Describe how God creates the sun.

6. Why does the preacher say that Jesus does not name the man or his sons in 'The Prodigal Son'?

7. Describe what Noah tells the people and how the people react to him.

8. What does the preacher ask God to do for the sinners in the poem 'Listen, Lord'?

9. What does the preacher say at the end of 'Go Down Death'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Moses reaction to God in 'Let my People Go'? How does God approach Moses? Why does God believe Moses is worthy? Discuss the relationship between God and Moses in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters, either Death or Sister Caroline, from Johnson's poem 'Go Down Death.' Discuss how that character enhances the theme of the poem. How does the character react to or personify death? How does the character react to Jesus?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one poem of Johnson's and discuss it's rhyming scheme. What is rhyming scheme? How do rhymes enhance a poem? Why does Johnson choose that specific rhyming scheme for the poem?

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