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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. What does Heschel believe drives a person's desire for ecstasy?
(a) Desire to leave the every day world.
(b) Desire to be connected to gods.
(c) Desire to pray more deeply.
(d) Desire to be different.

2. Why was Jeremiah imprisoned?
(a) Because of his prophesies.
(b) Because he abandoned the Assyrians.
(c) Because he spoke out against the king.
(d) Because he abandoned the Babylonians.

3. Who was Hezekiah?
(a) A king.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) A prophet.
(d) A brother of Isaiah.

4. According to Heschel, the prophetic act takes place when the prophet is aware of what?
(a) The belief that something is happening to him.
(b) The lack of knowledge about who is the source of his inspiration.
(c) The lack of complete consciousness.
(d) The source of his inspiration is God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of pathos?

2. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?

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

4. What Bible does Heschel use as the source for scripture passages?

5. What prophet did God send to Nineveh?

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