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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heschel says that God is our father but also our judge, and when he judges us he is also what?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Just.
(d) Vengeful.

2. What changed with Second Isaiah?
(a) The situation.
(b) The people.
(c) The weather.
(d) The king.

3. What was the name of Hosea's wife?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gomer.
(d) Deborah.

4. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?
(a) To provide background.
(b) To show continuity.
(c) To prove his point.
(d) To prove he knows about the Bible.

5. How is it said that God killed the Assyrians?
(a) With loss in battle.
(b) With fire.
(c) With a disease.
(d) With a flood.

6. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?
(a) Christians and Muslims.
(b) Jews and Muslims.
(c) Jews and Christians.
(d) Jews and Orthodox.

7. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?
(a) The land.
(b) The temple in Jerusalem.
(c) His people.
(d) The covenant.

8. Pathos is not self-centered but is what kind of thinking?
(a) Inward looking.
(b) Prophetic.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Judgmental.

9. According to Heschel, the land at the time of the prophets had judges and laws but they were both without what?
(a) Love.
(b) Honor.
(c) Righteousness.
(d) Obedience.

10. What does Heschel say is the basis for the relationship of God and man?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Divine pathos.

11. Jeremiah was a prophet when what happened to Jerusalem?
(a) It prospered.
(b) It became the capital of the Assyrian empire.
(c) It was the center of culture.
(d) It fell.

12. Prophets rebuked the inhabitants of cities for things that others would have called what?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Unjust.
(c) Acceptable.
(d) Wondrous.

13. What does Heschel see as the point when freedom is lost?
(a) When a person dies.
(b) When God hardens a person's heart.
(c) When a person misuses it.
(d) When God takes it away.

14. What country did Israel ask for help and protection from Assyria during the time of Isaiah?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Syria.

15. Isaiah was aware that disaster was coming and from that disaster would come what?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Victory.
(d) Exile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hosea was aware that his relationship with his wife mirrored the relationship of whom?

2. Heschel says that Habakkuk knowing that destruction is coming feels that this is the opposite of what?

3. What does Heschel use as examples of how pathos is associated to God in heaven?

4. What change occurs in Second Isaiah toward the people of Israel?

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

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