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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The devil is always waiting for humans to make mistakes.
(c) The justice of heaven is applied to all people alike.
(d) God has a huge number of ways of killing a person without warning.

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards notes that the Bible compares the souls of sinners to what?
(a) Devils.
(b) Lions.
(c) A stormy sea.
(d) The fires of hell.

3. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards connects the idea of the "poisoned fruit" to what people?
(a) The residents of Sodom.
(b) The English.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The citizens of Connecticut.

4. What is Edwards' sixth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) People fool themselves if they think they have the power to keep themselves out of hell.
(b) Accepting Christ is the only way to avoid 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. 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) Appeal to authority.
(b) Argument by analogy.
(c) Appeal to credibility.
(d) Logical deduction.

6. What is Edwards' eighth argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?
(a) There are many obstacles to avoid if a person wants to stay out of hell.
(b) Sinners are like defiant children.
(c) Sinners are like a rebellious army.
(d) There is nothing that sinners can do to keep themselves alive if God wants them dead.

7. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards calls corruption "immoderate" (408). What is he claiming about corruption?
(a) It is a relic of the past.
(b) It is as hot as fire.
(c) It draws attention to itself.
(d) It exceeds normal boundaries.

8. The expression "The arrows of death fly unseen at noonday" (408), which Edwards uses in the Doctrine section of his sermon, could properly be called an example of which literary technique?
(a) Syllogism.
(b) Simile.
(c) Aphorism.
(d) Parallelism.

9. What is the Doctrine that Edwards derives from his chosen Biblical text?
(a) "The Use may be of Awakening to unconverted persons in this congregation."
(b) "Their foot shall slide in due time. "
(c) "There is nothing that keeps wicked men, at any one moment, out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God."
(d) "There is no want of power in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment."

10. 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 hell does not exist.
(c) They think that God does not exist.
(d) They think that they are smarter and trickier than the people who are already in hell.

11. In the Doctrine section, what Biblical story does the "serpent" allude to?
(a) The Last Supper.
(b) The Garden of Eden.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) Sodom and Gomorrah.

12. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what point does Edwards make about those who are in hell?
(a) If they can no longer stand the suffering, they can ask God for mercy.
(b) They did not expect to end up there.
(c) They were not smart enough to outwit the devil.
(d) If they repent they can finally enter heaven.

13. The first argument of the Doctrine section is where Edwards first introduces which analogy?
(a) The comparison of sinners to rocks.
(b) The comparison of sinners to insects hanging by a thread.
(c) The comparison of God to a farmer.
(d) The comparison of God to slippery ground.

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

15. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edwards' second argument for the truth of his statement of doctrine?

2. In the Doctrine section, Edwards speaks of the "multitudes" of God's enemies (406). What is true of these enemies?

3. In the Doctrine section of his essay, Edwards claims that something is under the "dominion" of the devil (407). What is the devil's dominion?

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

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

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