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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heschel describes the words of prophecy as a polarity between what?
(a) Wrath and justice.
(b) Anger and love.
(c) Good and bad.
(d) Health and sickness.

2. What does Heschel avoid telling the reader about the prophets' message?
(a) Whether the prophet's message was legitimate.
(b) Whether he agrees or disagrees.
(c) The specific outcome of the message.
(d) The historical context of the message.

3. Why does Heschel quote Micah 7:1-7?
(a) To prove Micah is a prophet.
(b) To show what the people were like.
(c) To show Micah's intense nature.
(d) To illustrate God's passions.

4. Who died the year that Isaiah was called by God?
(a) His son.
(b) The king.
(c) His wife.
(d) The prophet Amos.

5. What was the name of Hosea's wife?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Mary.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Gomer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the book of Habakkuk?

2. In Hosea 9:14 instead of asking God to forgive his people he asked God to deliver them what?

3. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?

4. Who imprisoned Jeremiah?

5. Heschel says that Habakkuk knowing that destruction is coming feels that this is the opposite of what?

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