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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Old Testament, sacrifices were part of the people's what?
(a) Way of worship.
(b) Way of honoring their dead families.
(c) Way of showing remorse.
(d) Way of showing how much they owned.

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

3. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Adulterers.
(b) Idolaters.
(c) Lovers of evil.
(d) Murderers.

4. Heschel states that it is a mistake to think that what happens on earth reflects what?
(a) What has happened in the past on earth.
(b) What has happened in the past in heaven.
(c) What is happening in heaven.
(d) What is going to happen in the future on earth.

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

6. Micah lived about the same time as what other prophet?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Hosea.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Amos.

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

8. Amos began with a message of what?
(a) Contrition.
(b) Doom.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

9. How does Heschel describe the time during Second Isaiah?
(a) Filled with tears and joy.
(b) Filled with death and destruction.
(c) Filled with doom and hope.
(d) Filled with repentance.

10. What social ill did Hosea primarily speak out against?
(a) Sin in general.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Idolatry.
(d) Infidelity.

11. What does Heschel say plays a part in the message that the prophets bring to the people?
(a) The words themselves.
(b) The way the message is presented.
(c) The situation.
(d) The man and his life.

12. Heschel quotes Samuel to show that what was better than sacrifice?
(a) To honor your father and mother.
(b) To go to the temple.
(c) To pray.
(d) To obey.

13. What does Heschel say that the prophets looked towards?
(a) The time when they can return to normal life.
(b) The time when Israel turns back to God.
(c) The time when God will end all evil.
(d) The time when people become religious.

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

15. Which prophet does Heschel not provide the reader his past?
(a) Micah.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Second Isaiah.
(d) Hosea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the prophets blame for the injustices in the land?

2. Jeremiah says that even though people are punished they don't seem to what?

3. Hosea describes Israel as the unfaithful wife and God as Israel's what?

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

5. How many changes in leadership were there during Jeremiah's time?

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