View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?
(a) A psychic ability.
(b) A gift of the Spirit.
(c) A talent.
(d) An intellectual gift.

2. Heschel describes the words of prophecy as a polarity between what?
(a) Anger and love.
(b) Wrath and justice.
(c) Health and sickness.
(d) Good and bad.

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

4. What does Heschel avoid telling the reader about the prophets' message?
(a) The specific outcome of the message.
(b) Whether he agrees or disagrees.
(c) Whether the prophet's message was legitimate.
(d) The historical context of the message.

5. From what civilization do we get the legacy that great poetry comes into being through madness?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were proved to be false prophets in the Bible?

2. According to Heschel, many parts of the Bible should be looked at as what?

3. Who imprisoned Jeremiah?

4. What does Tao mean?

5. What promise did God give with Second Isaiah?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample