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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the "enmity" in sinners' souls (408). What is he saying is in their souls?
(a) Fear.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Delight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edwards, what key difference exists between God and earthly authorities?

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

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

4. What proof does Edwards offer that it is not possible to avoid death once God has decided it will happen?

5. Which of the following is a key point that Edwards makes as he argues the seventh point in the Doctrine section of the sermon?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards compares God's power to the power of a human to crush a worm. Explain the meaning and significance of this analogy.

2. In the end of the Doctrine section of his sermon, what criticism does Edwards make of religious authorities who do not believe what he believes?

3. According to the Doctrine section of Edwards' sermon, what different promises has God made to the converted and the unconverted?

4. Why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, does Edwards say that sinners should not be comforted by the fact that there is no "visible means of death at hand" (408)?

5. Explain what Edwards is saying, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, about the nature of the souls of sinners when he says "There are in the souls of wicked men those hellish principles reigning, that would presently kindle and flame out into hell fire, if it were not for God's restraints" (408).

6. Explain why, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says that God is not like an earthly prince.

7. When, in the Doctrine section of his speech, Edwards says that "The Scripture represents them as his 'goods'" (407), to whom does he refer when he says "them" and "his," and what point is he making about these people?

8. In the Doctrine section of his sermon, what does Edwards mean when he says that the "mere pleasure of God" (406) is all that keeps sinners out of hell?

9. When, in the Doctrine section of his sermon, Edwards says of sinners that "The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened her mouth under them," (407), what does he mean, and what analogy found elsewhere in the sermon is he making reference to?

10. Why does Edwards say, in the Doctrine section of the sermon, that those who think that they are protecting themselves from hell are fooling themselves?

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