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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 4 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Edwards' usual manner of delivering a sermon?
(a) Friendly and cheerful.
(b) Calm and reasonable.
(c) Loud and threatening.
(d) Stern and angry.

2. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
(a) It will happen when they stray too far toward the pit.
(b) It will happen during the Second Coming.
(c) The timing depends on God's will.
(d) The timing depends on the depth of their sin.

3. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). How is this word pronounced?
(a) Rhymes with "route."
(b) Rhymes with "ought."
(c) Rhymes with "oat."
(d) Rhymes with "gut."

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

5. The Biblical passage on which Edwards bases this sermon mentions what people?
(a) The Pharisees.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deuteronomy?

2. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards quotes the Bible as saying that the Israelites were "void of counsel," (405). What is this saying about the Israelites?

3. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the third thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?

4. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?

5. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the first thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Edwards' four-part argument from the introductory section of his sermon.

2. When Edwards preached his revised sermon to the Enfield Congregation, what was the reaction, and how did Edwards respond?

3. What does Edwards mean when he says the Israelites "under all the cultivations of heaven, brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit" (405)?

4. According to Edwards, what is the meaning of the Biblical passage that opens the sermon?

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