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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did God do after the prophet proclaimed the destruction of Nineveh and the people repented?
(a) God destroyed Nineveh.
(b) God relented and saved Nineveh.
(c) God told the prophet to stay in Nineveh.
(d) God let the people leave Nineveh before he destroyed it.

2. Who stated that since the world is so full of filth and sin a just and loving God could not have created it?
(a) Philo.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Marcion.
(d) Plato.

3. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?
(a) Christians and Muslims.
(b) Jews and Christians.
(c) Jews and Orthodox.
(d) Jews and Muslims.

4. According to Heschel, in what way did Hosea differ from Amos?
(a) In his love for God.
(b) In the way he lived.
(c) In his love for the people.
(d) In his preaching.

5. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?
(a) State of passivity.
(b) State of madness.
(c) State of consciousness and awareness.
(d) State of ecstasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heschel describe as not a goal, but a challenge, a commitment, a state of tension?

2. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?

3. One theory for prophets and their inspiration is that they had madness in them that led to what?

4. What social ill did Hosea primarily speak out against?

5. An emotional religion of sympathy is more compatible with the prophet's mentality than a religion of what?

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