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

2. Heschel says that prophets have a duty to what?
(a) To their religion.
(b) To their countrymen.
(c) To their time and place.
(d) To their families.

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

4. What does Heschel say will change God's judgment about destruction?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A new prophet's heartfelt request.
(c) A change in man's heart and actions.
(d) A change in history.

5. Who was Hezekiah?
(a) A brother of Isaiah.
(b) A king.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A prophet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mesha sacrifice to appease his idols during wartime?

3. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?

4. Heschel quotes Samuel to show that what was better than sacrifice?

5. Amos began with a message of what?

(see the answer key)

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