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

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

3. Heschel looks at the theory of ecstasy but limits it to what?
(a) The post-exilic prophets.
(b) Early prophets.
(c) The literary prophets.
(d) Old Testament prophets.

4. Heschel says that Moses would have taught what kinds of rules of right living to the people?
(a) Simple rules.
(b) Complex rules.
(c) Bizarre rules.
(d) Unusual rules.

5. According to Heschel, the prophetic act takes place when the prophet is aware of what?
(a) The source of his inspiration is God.
(b) The lack of complete consciousness.
(c) The lack of knowledge about who is the source of his inspiration.
(d) The belief that something is happening to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?

2. What does Heschel say plays a part in the message that the prophets bring to the people?

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

4. What attitude does Heschel take to other points of view that he uses in his book?

5. Whose theory said that the prophets were not talking to God but were making judgments about God's desires from the information they had about God?

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