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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Application.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Application section of his sermon, what phrase does Edwards keep adding to in order to increase the intensity of his point?
(a) The wrath of God.
(b) The fires of hell.
(c) The King of kings.
(d) The depth of sin.

2. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards warn the older members of the congregation about?
(a) God has the most hope for them.
(b) God hates them the most.
(c) They are especially stubborn.
(d) They are especially loved by Christ.

3. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards warns sinners that there is "nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment" (413), he is using which literary technique?
(a) Argument by analogy.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Paradox.

4. What does Edwards say, at the beginning of the Application section of his sermon, is the overall purpose of the sermon?
(a) To remind certain members of the congregation that their good works will not keep them out of hell.
(b) To awaken the congregation to the need to "convert" by being reborn in Christ.
(c) To appeal to the Christian love of the congregation as a motive for evangelism.
(d) To warn the congregation of the very great dangers of hell.

5. In the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says that God will not hear "lamentable and dolorous cries" (415). What kind of cries will God not hear?
(a) Insincere.
(b) Repentant.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Application section of his sermon, to what does Edwards compare accepting Christ?

2. What is Edwards' eighth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

3. 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?

4. In the Application section of his sermon, what does Edwards tell the congregation about their careful tending of their own health and safety?

5. What is Edwards' ninth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

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