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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 term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Idolaters.
(b) Lovers of evil.
(c) Adulterers.
(d) Murderers.

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

3. What people did Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah try to save?
(a) The people of the Western Kingdom.
(b) The people of the Southern Kingdom.
(c) The people of the Eastern Kingdom.
(d) The people of the Northern Kingdom.

4. Whom did Jeremiah say would overtake the cities of Judah?
(a) God.
(b) The people who lived in Judah before the Israelites.
(c) The people of the Northern Kingdom.
(d) The enemies.

5. Why does Heschel quote Micah 7:1-7?
(a) To show what the people were like.
(b) To illustrate God's passions.
(c) To prove Micah is a prophet.
(d) To show Micah's intense nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for Hosea?

2. What Bible does Heschel use as the source for scripture passages?

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

4. The author describes what era in the Old Testament?

5. Amos began with a message of what?

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