Jonathan Edwards’s "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Question 1

Which statement best explains why Edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

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He wants to increase his audience’s fear of hell.

Question 2

Which statement best describes Edwards’s views in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

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People who were "born again" in Christ would be spared.

Question 3

Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes Edwards’s feelings toward his congregation?

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compassionate

Question 4

In paragraph six of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what does Edwards suggest about spiritual reform?

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He suggests that good works alone will not save a person from damnation.

Question 5

The fact that "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was popular suggests that the colonists

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were interested in Edwards’s ideas about religion.

Question 6

Which quotation from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" indicates that people have a fragile hold on life?

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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they won't bear their weight, and these places are not seen.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."The bow of God's wrath is bent . . . it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.In this excerpt, the word “wrath” suggests that

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God is fiercely angry.

Question 8

Which image is used throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to provoke fear in the audience?

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fire

Question 9

Enlightenment thinking placed value on scientific knowledge and thought. Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes the relationship between Enlightenment thinking and the thinking of Edwards's followers?

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The beliefs of the two groups directly opposed each other.

Question 10

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses the image of a spider dangling on a thread over fire to describe

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God's displeasure with sinners.

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