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

2. Pathos is not self-centered but is what kind of thinking?
(a) Judgmental.
(b) Prophetic.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Inward looking.

3. What does Heschel use to solidify his facts about the prophets?
(a) His opinions.
(b) Other parts of the Bible.
(c) The prophets' own words.
(d) Opinions of others.

4. What people did Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah try to save?
(a) The people of the Southern Kingdom.
(b) The people of the Western Kingdom.
(c) The people of the Eastern Kingdom.
(d) The people of the Northern Kingdom.

5. Heschel admits that pathos is both a paradox and what?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A divine concept.
(c) A commandment.
(d) Easy to explain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Heschel compare the words of the prophet?

3. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?

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

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

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