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

2. Heschel says that Jeremiah is often called a prophet of what?
(a) Doom.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Love.
(d) Forgiveness.

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

4. What changed with Second Isaiah?
(a) The weather.
(b) The king.
(c) The people.
(d) The situation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?

2. According to some scholars, the goal should not be pathos but what?

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

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

5. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?

(see the answer key)

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