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

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

3. Isaiah was aware that disaster was coming and from that disaster would come what?
(a) Exile.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Victory.
(d) Revenge.

4. In order to aid the reader's understanding, Heschel includes an appendix on what subject?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Maps of the time.
(c) Theology.
(d) God.

5. What does Heschel say that Habakkuk is tormented by?
(a) The lack of listening to the prophets.
(b) The fact that God allows evil to prevail.
(c) The great lack of worshipping the true God.
(d) The idolatry of the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heschel say the prophets had to endure?

2. If ecstasy were a requirement for a prophet, which prophets of the Old Testament would not have been classified as prophets?

3. When talking about the inspiration for poetry, who says "One does not ask who gives."

4. What country did Israel ask for help and protection from Assyria during the time of Isaiah?

5. From what civilization do we get the legacy that great poetry comes into being through madness?

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