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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. Micah's concern with the people was that they worshiped what?
(a) Multiple gods.
(b) Golden calves.
(c) The work of their own hands.
(d) Gold.

2. How does Heschel describe the time that Jeremiah lived?
(a) One of peace.
(b) One of war.
(c) One of anger and wrath.
(d) One of injustice.

3. What does Heschel believe drives a person's desire for ecstasy?
(a) Desire to be connected to gods.
(b) Desire to be different.
(c) Desire to pray more deeply.
(d) Desire to leave the every day world.

4. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Lovers of evil.
(b) Idolaters.
(c) Adulterers.
(d) Murderers.

5. Who said that what a poet writes is beautiful, if it is written with enthusiasm and divine inspiration?
(a) Philo.
(b) Plato.
(c) Heschel.
(d) Democritus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, the prophetic act takes place when the prophet is aware of what?

2. What does Tao mean?

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

4. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?

5. If ecstasy were a requirement for a prophet, which prophets of the Old Testament would not have been classified as prophets?

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