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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. What did Amos speak out against that differed from Hosea?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Accumulation of wealth.
(c) Negligence.
(d) Injustice.

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

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

4. How did Amos describe God's voice calling to him?
(a) As a whisper in the night.
(b) As a lion's roar.
(c) As a small nagging thought.
(d) As a gentle breeze.

5. Before Amos was called by God what was his job?
(a) Judge.
(b) Shepherd.
(c) Carpet maker.
(d) Carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Heschel avoid telling the reader about the prophets' message?

3. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?

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

5. The author states that a prophet looked at things that seemed what to other people?

(see the answer key)

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