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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. Who was Marcion?
(a) A Gnostic.
(b) A Greek.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Jew.

2. To be a prophet means to identify one's concern with what?
(a) The concern of Israel.
(b) The concern of the king.
(c) The concern of the prophet's people.
(d) The concern of God.

3. In the Old Testament, sacrifices were part of the people's what?
(a) Way of honoring their dead families.
(b) Way of showing remorse.
(c) Way of worship.
(d) Way of showing how much they owned.

4. What appears to us as wild emotionalism in the prophets, Heschel says may seem like what to the prophets themselves?
(a) Proper behavior.
(b) Sentimentality.
(c) Passion.
(d) Restraint.

5. What does Habakkuk ask God directly?
(a) Why do you call me?
(b) What do you want me to do?
(c) Where are you?
(d) How long and why?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Heschel quote Micah 7:1-7?

3. What prophet did God send to Nineveh?

4. From the total perspective, what does Heschel say are demands rather than fulfillments?

5. What does Heschel define as the belief in the temporary separation of the soul from the body when a person is asleep, sick, or in a trance state?

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