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

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

3. Heschel uses prophets from what regions or religions that used ecstasy to verify his viewpoint?
(a) Egypt and Greek.
(b) Egypt and Mesopotamia.
(c) Islam and Mesopotamia.
(d) Shiite and Greek.

4. One view that Heschel discusses is that an outstanding feature of a poet's consciousness is the sense of being what at the moment of inspiration?
(a) Taken over by another.
(b) Passive.
(c) Rational.
(d) In control.

5. What does Heschel say the prophets had to endure?
(a) Lack of wealth.
(b) Ill health.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Scorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heschel admits that pathos is both a paradox and what?

2. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?

3. How many changes in leadership were there during Jeremiah's time?

4. Heschel says the problem is not that we depict God incorrectly but what?

5. Heschel looks at the theory of ecstasy but limits it to what?

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