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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heschel describe as not a goal, but a challenge, a commitment, a state of tension?
(a) Prophetic ethos.
(b) Prophetic sympathy.
(c) Pathos.
(d) Ecstasy.

2. What does understanding God depend on?
(a) A person's relationship with God.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) A person's obedience to God's will.

3. What does Heschel say the prophets had to endure?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Lack of wealth.
(c) Ill health.
(d) Scorn.

4. What country did Israel ask for help and protection from Assyria during the time of Isaiah?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Syria.

5. For what does Heschel say God wants his people to obey?
(a) Out of fear.
(b) Out of obedience.
(c) Because they want to.
(d) Out of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be a prophet means to identify one's concern with what?

2. What did Amos speak out against that differed from Hosea?

3. What did the prophets talk about in addition to God's wrath and judgment?

4. What are two unique features of a prophet?

5. What does Heschel claim is God's ultimate goal?

(see the answer key)

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