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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Doctrine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what is always standing at the right hand of sinners?
(a) Devils.
(b) Hungry lions.
(c) Angels.
(d) The fiery pit.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say can make the soul perfectly miserable?
(a) Fear of hell.
(b) Its own sinfulness.
(c) God's power.
(d) Righteous believers.

3. What is the only thing, according to Edwards, that stops God from sending the wicked to hell?
(a) Christ's love.
(b) The possibility of their repentance.
(c) Their covenant with Him.
(d) His arbitrary will.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls God's laws "immutable" (407). What is he saying is true of God's laws?
(a) They cannot be changed.
(b) They cannot be argued with.
(c) They are just.
(d) They are wise.

5. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?
(a) God despises sinners.
(b) God has a huge number of ways of killing a person without warning.
(c) The devil is always waiting for humans to make mistakes.
(d) The justice of heaven is applied to all people alike.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, when Edwards says "as the heart is now a sink of sin, so, if sin was not restrained," (408), this is an example of which literary technique?

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?

3. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says, of death, "It came as a thief" (410), what rhetorical device is he using?

4. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?

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