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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Bible does Heschel use as the source for scripture passages?
(a) The Hebrew Bible.
(b) The Protestant Bible.
(c) The Jerusalem Bible.
(d) The Catholic Bible.

2. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?
(a) Because he is never named.
(b) None of the answers is correct..
(c) Because he follows Isaiah.
(d) Because he is Isaiah's son.

3. According to Heschel, how did God show himself to prophets?
(a) In totality.
(b) In vague notions.
(c) In variables.
(d) In absolutes.

4. How many changes in leadership were there during Jeremiah's time?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Many.
(d) One.

5. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?
(a) Change.
(b) Emergency.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Fluidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Heschel say God wants his people to obey?

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

3. Prophets rebuked the inhabitants of cities for things that others would have called what?

4. Heschel says God hates sin but is also what?

5. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?

(see the answer key)

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