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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?
(a) People calling them crazy.
(b) Expensive habits.
(c) Things that offended God.
(d) Religious fanatics.

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

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

4. Hosea describes Israel as the unfaithful wife and God as Israel's what?
(a) Son.
(b) Leader.
(c) Father.
(d) Husband.

5. What was another name for Hosea?
(a) Odem.
(b) Ephraim.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Elisha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Amos describe God's voice calling to him?

2. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?

3. What social ill did Hosea primarily speak out against?

4. How is it said that God killed the Assyrians?

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

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