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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Heschel says that Moses would have taught what kinds of rules of right living to the people?
(a) Simple rules.
(b) Bizarre rules.
(c) Complex rules.
(d) Unusual rules.

3. In the Old Testament before the exile, the prophets themselves often had close ties to whom?
(a) The priest.
(b) The head of the army.
(c) The king.
(d) Most religious leaders.

4. When the pathos of God is upon a prophet what happens?
(a) He becomes overwhelmed.
(b) He becomes apathetic.
(c) He becomes compassionate.
(d) He becomes angry.

5. When did Heschel examine the state of mind of the prophets with respect to the theory of ecstasy?
(a) When they were prophesying.
(b) When they were praying.
(c) When they were receiving the words of God.
(d) When they were speaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaiah say that God would do to those who try to honor themselves?

2. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?

3. What is Karma?

4. Which prophet does Heschel not provide the reader his past?

5. One view that Heschel discusses is that an outstanding feature of a poet's consciousness is the sense of being what at the moment of inspiration?

(see the answer key)

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