multiple choice

1. Directions: After reading “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” select the best suggested
answer to each question.
1) The overall purpose of the passage is to
A. terrify listeners with the hopelessness they face
B. make people pity neighbors bound for hell
C. frighten listeners into accepting Jesus Christ anew
D. teach people about religious beliefs
2) The descriptions of the flood-like waters (Paragraph 4) and the bow and arrow
(Paragraph 5) contribute to the central idea of the text by
A. Describing God’s compassion and forgiveness
B. Emphasizing the overwhelming wickedness of all people
C. Highlighting the entirely inescapable doom which faces the audience
D. Describing the wrath of God and his capacity for restraint
3) The purpose of the rhetorical question in the second to last paragraph (“How can
you rest one moment in such a condition?”) is to emphasize the consequence of
A. Inaction
B. Sin
C. Skepticism
D. Arrogance
4) What is most likely not a purpose of the repetition of the fire imagery in this
passage?
A. Reinforce the overall threatening tone of the sermon
B. Evoke feelings of damnation
C. Emphasize the potential destructive power of God’s wrath
D. Offer hope to the sinners listening to the sermon
5) With which statement would the author of this text most likely agree?
A. Fear is not an effective way to provoke a change of heart
B. God’s wrath can be appeased by good deeds
C. Reliance on others is the only way to escape the consequences of sin
D. Faithful religious behavior is meaningless if not motivated by a
wholehearted conversion to Christianity