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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 9-11; Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heschel see as the point when freedom is lost?
(a) When a person misuses it.
(b) When a person dies.
(c) When God hardens a person's heart.
(d) When God takes it away.

2. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?
(a) The covenant.
(b) The temple in Jerusalem.
(c) The land.
(d) His people.

3. What social ill did Hosea primarily speak out against?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Idolatry.
(d) Sin in general.

4. Before Amos was called by God what was his job?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Carpet maker.
(c) Judge.
(d) Shepherd.

5. Why was Jeremiah imprisoned?
(a) Because he spoke out against the king.
(b) Because he abandoned the Assyrians.
(c) Because he abandoned the Babylonians.
(d) Because of his prophesies.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, how did God show himself to prophets?

2. Jeremiah says that even though people are punished they don't seem to what?

3. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?

4. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?

5. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?

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