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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 said that some of the beliefs that the prophets were frauds came from an era when people wanted what?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Shibboleth.

2. One theory for prophets and their inspiration is that they had madness in them that led to what?
(a) A psychic ability.
(b) The belief that they had a job to do.
(c) The belief that God talked to them.
(d) The desire to be great.

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

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

5. What does Heschel see as the point when freedom is lost?
(a) When God takes it away.
(b) When God hardens a person's heart.
(c) When a person dies.
(d) When a person misuses it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heschel use to solidify his facts about the prophets?

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

3. Jeremiah was a prophet when what happened to Jerusalem?

4. In Hosea 9:14 instead of asking God to forgive his people he asked God to deliver them what?

5. Before Amos was called by God what was his job?

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