The Prophets Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Prophets Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what civilization do we get the legacy that great poetry comes into being through madness?
(a) Greek.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Roman.
(d) Egyptian.

2. According to Heschel, many parts of the Bible should be looked at as what?
(a) Essays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Allegories.
(d) Songs.

3. In contrast to the Stoic sage, Heschel characterizes the prophet as what?
(a) Homo sympathetikos.
(b) Sui generis.
(c) Homo apathetikos.
(d) Homo sapiens.

4. Heschel admits that pathos is both a paradox and what?
(a) Easy to explain.
(b) A divine concept.
(c) A commandment.
(d) A mystery.

5. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?
(a) Not all powerful.
(b) Imperfect.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Not all knowing.

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

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

8. What is the ultimate purpose of ecstasy?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Knowledge of one's self.
(d) Union with the divine.

9. To what does Heschel compare the words of the prophet?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Running water.
(c) A breeze.
(d) Wind.

10. What is anthropopathy?
(a) Personification.
(b) The attribution of human qualities to animals.
(c) The attribution of God-like qualities to humans.
(d) The attribution of human qualities to gods.

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

12. Why did some scholars reject the idea of pathos?
(a) Because it didn't involve emotions.
(b) Because of its origins.
(c) Because it involved emotions.
(d) Because it isn't mentioned in the Bible.

13. The fundamental feature of divine reality, present in the prophet's consciousness, is described as what?
(a) Karma.
(b) Prophetic religion.
(c) Pathos.
(d) Compassion.

14. What does Heschel define as the belief in the temporary separation of the soul from the body when a person is asleep, sick, or in a trance state?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Pathos.

15. From the total perspective, what does Heschel say are demands rather than fulfillments?
(a) Love and forgiveness.
(b) Pathos and sympathy.
(c) Action and speech.
(d) Prayer and solitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heschel links divine inspiration to what?

2. What prophet did God send to Nineveh?

3. The prophet's attitude toward divine reality is described as what?

4. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

5. What are two unique features of a prophet?

(see the answer keys)

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