The Prophets Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Prophets Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to some scholars, the goal should not be pathos but what?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Knowledge.

2. Some writers in the Bible say that emotions and feelings have been inspired by whom?
(a) Mankind.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The devil.
(d) God.

3. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?
(a) Sinful.
(b) Not all knowing.
(c) Imperfect.
(d) Not all powerful.

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

5. What prophet did God send to Nineveh?
(a) Amos.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Jonah.
(d) Micah.

6. What did the prophets talk about in addition to God's wrath and judgment?
(a) His knowledge.
(b) His vengeance.
(c) His love.
(d) His wisdom.

7. Heschel describes God as what?
(a) Someone who cannot be described.
(b) Father.
(c) The ultimate judge.
(d) The ultimate source of the universe.

8. What does Heschel say about a reliable diagnosis of the prophets' mental health?
(a) It's beyond the reach of the book.
(b) It isn't necessary.
(c) He's not experienced in that area.
(d) It has been done by others.

9. Whose theory said that the prophets were not talking to God but were making judgments about God's desires from the information they had about God?
(a) Philo.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Goethe.

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

11. What cultural/religious doctrines did Philo try to mix in his studies?
(a) Egyptian and Islamic.
(b) Greek and Jewish.
(c) Jewish and Egyptian.
(d) Greek and Islamic.

12. In what belief is there no grace or repentance for sin, just cause and effect?
(a) Tao.
(b) Islam.
(c) Karma.
(d) Christianity.

13. Who was Marcion?
(a) A Jew.
(b) A Greek.
(c) A Gnostic.
(d) A Christian.

14. 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?
(a) Rational.
(b) In control.
(c) Passive.
(d) Taken over by another.

15. What are two unique features of a prophet?
(a) Forgiveness and suppression of emotion.
(b) Silent subordination and self-love.
(c) Active cooperation and self-dedication to God.
(d) Prayer and mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, the prophetic act takes place when the prophet is aware of what?

2. What were the prophets overwhelmed with in addition to emotion?

3. What is Karma?

4. What does Heschel describe as not a goal, but a challenge, a commitment, a state of tension?

5. An emotional religion of sympathy is more compatible with the prophet's mentality than a religion of what?

(see the answer keys)

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