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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. 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?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Philo.
(d) Spinoza.

2. The prophets were outraged because of what?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Idolatry.
(c) People's lack of understanding.
(d) The king's edicts.

3. Heschel points out that God's wrath is what?
(a) Like people's wrath.
(b) Righteous and just.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Terrible.

4. What does the Stoic sage aim for?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Love.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Apathy.

5. How does Heschel describe the time during Second Isaiah?
(a) Filled with tears and joy.
(b) Filled with repentance.
(c) Filled with death and destruction.
(d) Filled with doom and hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, in what way did Hosea differ from Amos?

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

3. How many children did Hosea have?

4. Hosea describes Israel as the unfaithful wife and God as Israel's what?

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

(see the answer key)

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