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

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

3. Who was Mesha?
(a) King of the Israelites.
(b) King of the Moabites.
(c) A herdsman.
(d) A prophet.

4. In order to aid the reader's understanding, Heschel includes an appendix on what subject?
(a) Maps of the time.
(b) Pathos.
(c) God.
(d) Theology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What people did Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah try to save?

2. According to Heschel, what is one of the things that caused a need for prophets?

3. What was another name for Hosea?

4. God answers Habakkuk that God's hand is constantly working even though what?

5. What does Heschel say will change God's judgment about destruction?

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