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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. The prophets were outraged because of what?
(a) Idolatry.
(b) Injustice.
(c) People's lack of understanding.
(d) The king's edicts.

2. What does Heschel say that the prophets looked towards?
(a) The time when people become religious.
(b) The time when Israel turns back to God.
(c) The time when they can return to normal life.
(d) The time when God will end all evil.

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

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

5. In Hosea 9:14 instead of asking God to forgive his people he asked God to deliver them what?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who imprisoned Jeremiah?

4. Jeremiah says that even though people are punished they don't seem to what?

5. Heschel says that God is our father but also our judge, and when he judges us he is also what?

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