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

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

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

4. What is Karma?
(a) An opposite to prophetic thinking.
(b) A special relationship to God.
(c) A way of life.
(d) A religion that believes in prophetic thinking.

5. What is the origin of pathos?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heschel say is an end to indifference?

2. What does Heschel believe drives a person's desire for ecstasy?

3. When did Heschel examine the state of mind of the prophets with respect to the theory of ecstasy?

4. Heschel uses prophets from what regions or religions that used ecstasy to verify his viewpoint?

5. What prophet did God send to Nineveh?

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