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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 does Edwards warn his audience happens with every day they live in an unconverted state?
(a) The day of Christ's return gets closer and closer.
(b) Their guilt, and God's wrath, increases.
(c) The devil's hold on them becomes stronger.
(d) Their opportunity to do good int he world decreases.

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

3. What is the third characteristic of the wrath that awaits sinners that Edwards reminds his congregants about in the Application section of his sermon?
(a) Divine justice requires God's anger.
(b) The extremity of God's wrath will demonstrate his power.
(c) God's wrath is righteous.
(d) It is inescapable.

4. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) Accepting Christ is the only way to avoid hell.
(b) People fool themselves if they think they have the power to keep themselves out of hell.
(c) Sinners would create hell for themselves if God did not restrain them.
(d) God is the only thing keeping sinners out of hell.

5. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards tells congregants that "There are the black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm," (411), what literary technique is he employing?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards makes reference to the "manifold" experience of the world. What kind of experience is this?

2. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). What has God done with these works?

3. According to the Application section of Edwards' sermon, in what should the unconverted congregants see God's hand?

4. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?

5. When, in the Application section of his sermon, Edwards says "That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone is extended abroad under you," (411), what literary technique is being employed?

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