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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 9-11; Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heschel use to solidify his facts about the prophets?
(a) His opinions.
(b) Other parts of the Bible.
(c) The prophets' own words.
(d) Opinions of others.

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

3. Jeremiah was a prophet when what happened to Jerusalem?
(a) It prospered.
(b) It became the capital of the Assyrian empire.
(c) It fell.
(d) It was the center of culture.

4. What does Heschel say plays a part in the message that the prophets bring to the people?
(a) The way the message is presented.
(b) The situation.
(c) The words themselves.
(d) The man and his life.

5. Prophets rebuked the inhabitants of cities for things that others would have called what?
(a) Acceptable.
(b) Wondrous.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Unjust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Amos speak out against that differed from Hosea?

3. What does understanding God depend on?

4. What does Heschel say that Habakkuk is tormented by?

5. Heschel states that it is a mistake to think that what happens on earth reflects what?

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