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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 4 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What religious movement was Edwards a part of?
2. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the second thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
3. In the introductory section of his sermon, Edwards speaks of the works that God "wrought" (405). What has God done with these works?
4. In the introduction of his sermon, what is the fourth thing Edwards says is true of the Israelites' destruction?
5. What is Deuteronomy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Edwards mean when he says the Israelites "under all the cultivations of heaven, brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit" (405)?
2. According to Edwards, what is the meaning of the Biblical passage that opens the sermon?
3. Summarize Edwards' four-part argument from the introductory section of his sermon.
4. When Edwards preached his revised sermon to the Enfield Congregation, what was the reaction, and how did Edwards respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Great Awakening is considered to be the birth of American Evangelical Christianity. Explain what Evangelical Christianity is and discuss how its key tenets can be traced to the Great Awakening.
Essay Topic 2
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is both a model of logic and a model of horror. How does the constraint of horror inside the boundaries of a logical argument actually increase, rather than decrease, the sense of danger? Write an essay in which you use the analogy of a horror story or horror movie to explain how Edwards' restraint makes the danger seem more real and more terrifying than it would in a less controlled, less carefully organized context.
Essay Topic 3
Within the syllogistic logic of his sermon, Edwards also uses other types of argument. One of these is argument by analogy. What this means is that Edwards claims that the situation of the sinner is like another situation, and therefore what happens in the second situation will also happen to the sinner. Find an argument by analogy in this sermon, and write an essay in which you both explain and critique Edwards' analogy.
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