View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking about the inspiration for poetry, who says "One does not ask who gives."
(a) Democritus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Nietzsche.

2. How does Heschel describe the time that Jeremiah lived?
(a) One of war.
(b) One of anger and wrath.
(c) One of peace.
(d) One of injustice.

3. The prophet's attitude toward divine reality is described as what?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Compassion.

4. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?
(a) Imperfect.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Not all knowing.
(d) Not all powerful.

5. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?
(a) Religious fervor.
(b) Religious literature.
(c) Grace and holiness.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?

2. Why does Heschel quote Micah 7:1-7?

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

4. When did Heschel examine the state of mind of the prophets with respect to the theory of ecstasy?

5. Whom did Jeremiah say would overtake the cities of Judah?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 247 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample