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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. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?
(a) Change.
(b) Emergency.
(c) Fluidity.
(d) Destruction.

2. How is it said that God killed the Assyrians?
(a) With a flood.
(b) With fire.
(c) With loss in battle.
(d) With a disease.

3. According to Heschel, the prophets had no ideas about God, but had what?
(a) An understanding.
(b) An obedience.
(c) An experience of him.
(d) A relationship.

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

5. Who died the year that Isaiah was called by God?
(a) His son.
(b) His wife.
(c) The king.
(d) The prophet Amos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heschel say the prophets had to endure?

2. Heschel says that prophets have a duty to what?

3. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?

4. According to Heschel, how did God show himself to prophets?

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

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