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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. How long is the book of Habakkuk?
(a) Longest book of "The Prophets".
(b) 10 chapters.
(c) A few chapters.
(d) Longer than Jeremiah.

2. Heschel purports that prophets were certain about being inspired by God and were willing to prove it by what means?
(a) Praying.
(b) Sharing the message.
(c) Calling on God.
(d) Describing the encounter.

3. How did Amos describe God's voice calling to him?
(a) As a gentle breeze.
(b) As a whisper in the night.
(c) As a small nagging thought.
(d) As a lion's roar.

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

5. Heschel looks at the theory of ecstasy but limits it to what?
(a) Old Testament prophets.
(b) Early prophets.
(c) The literary prophets.
(d) The post-exilic prophets.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Heschel contrasts God to other deities, who unlike God, did not have what?

4. In looking at primitive man, Heschel states that primitive men have possessions but not what?

5. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?

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