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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise did God give with Second Isaiah?
(a) Promise of future wealth.
(b) Promise of redemption.
(c) Promise of destruction.
(d) Promise of love.

2. What does Heschel say plays a part in the message that the prophets bring to the people?
(a) The way the message is presented.
(b) The man and his life.
(c) The situation.
(d) The words themselves.

3. How is it said that God killed the Assyrians?
(a) With fire.
(b) With loss in battle.
(c) With a flood.
(d) With a disease.

4. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?
(a) None of the answers is correct..
(b) Because he is never named.
(c) Because he follows Isaiah.
(d) Because he is Isaiah's son.

5. Heschel points out that having a friendship with God doesn't mean what?
(a) That we are equal with God.
(b) That we can get what we ask for.
(c) That we can stop seeking God.
(d) That we can understand everything about God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did God do after the prophet proclaimed the destruction of Nineveh and the people repented?

2. Which prophet does Heschel not provide the reader his past?

3. Who was Marcion?

4. Whom did the prophets blame for the injustices in the land?

5. How did Second Isaiah refer to the people of Israel?

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