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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When, in the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards mentions the "cultivations of heaven," (405) to what is he referring?
(a) Jewish people.
(b) God's careful tending.
(c) Christian people.
(d) God's Creation.

3. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Sinners deserve to be in hell.
(b) God is like an archer, and his bow is already bent.
(c) God is gracious enough to give sinners many chances to repent.
(d) Sinners have only the present moment to repent.

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards say is a typical way for sinners to think?
(a) They think that they are special favorites of God.
(b) They think that God does not exist.
(c) They think that hell does not exist.
(d) They think that they are smarter and trickier than the people who are already in hell.

5. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to "providence" several times. To what is he referring?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The system of divine justice.
(c) The Christian origin story.
(d) The plan that God has made for all people at all times.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edwards, God's enemies are "chaff before the whirlwind" (406). What is he comparing them to?

2. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?

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 is Edwards' third argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

5. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?

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