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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Edwards first deliver the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"?
(a) 1686.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1741.
(d) 1775.

2. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) They will ignore the opportunity to be saved.
(b) They will attempt to evade it.
(c) They will call on God's mercy.
(d) They will cause it themselves.

3. What is Edwards' third argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) God is able to send anyone to hell, regardless of their good works.
(b) God's laws are an agreement between God and humans.
(c) The law of God is unchanging.
(d) Sinners have already been sentenced to hell.

4. 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?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Personification.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. Edwards' claim, the the Doctrine section of his sermon, that "Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering" (408), is what type of argument?
(a) Logical deduction.
(b) Appeal to authority.
(c) Argument by analogy.
(d) Appeal to credibility.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only thing, according to Edwards, that stops God from sending the wicked to hell?

3. What is Edwards' first argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say the Bible recommends be done with the tree with poisoned fruit?

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?

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