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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Hosea's wife?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gomer.
(d) Deborah.

2. What Bible does Heschel use as the source for scripture passages?
(a) The Jerusalem Bible.
(b) The Hebrew Bible.
(c) The Catholic Bible.
(d) The Protestant Bible.

3. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Adulterers.
(c) Idolaters.
(d) Lovers of evil.

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

5. The author states that a prophet looked at things that seemed what to other people?
(a) Trivial.
(b) Sacred.
(c) Odd.
(d) Extraneous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prophets rebuked the inhabitants of cities for things that others would have called what?

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

3. How does Heschel describe the time that Jeremiah lived?

4. What changed with Second Isaiah?

5. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?

(see the answer key)

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