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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heschel call indifference?
(a) Evil.
(b) Rational.
(c) Unjust.
(d) Good.

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

3. If ecstasy were a requirement for a prophet, which prophets of the Old Testament would not have been classified as prophets?
(a) Micah and Jonah.
(b) Second Isaiah and Habakkuk.
(c) Moses and Isaiah.
(d) Daniel and Zechariah.

4. Heschel says the problem is not that we depict God incorrectly but what?
(a) He does not see depicting God as a problem.
(b) That we can't depict Him.
(c) That we don't know how to depict Him.
(d) That we try to depict Him at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?

2. What subject area did Philo develop?

3. In contrast to the Stoic sage, Heschel characterizes the prophet as what?

4. What did the prophets talk about in addition to God's wrath and judgment?

5. God's anger is great and to be feared, but God is also what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?

2. What is the purpose of ecstasy, as explained by Heschel?

3. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?

4. How does Heschel describe the concerns of the prophets?

5. What does Heschel say gives the prophets the courage to speak out?

6. What is ecstasy?

7. What is one difference between apathy and pathos, as explained by Heschel?

8. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

9. What is Heschel's theory of ecstasy and the prophets?

10. Does Heschel say God always been considered a loving and good God?

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