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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heschel explains that some think the prophets may have been victims of what?
(a) Illusions.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Mental abnormalities.
(d) Religious fervor.

2. What did God do after the prophet proclaimed the destruction of Nineveh and the people repented?
(a) God told the prophet to stay in Nineveh.
(b) God let the people leave Nineveh before he destroyed it.
(c) God relented and saved Nineveh.
(d) God destroyed Nineveh.

3. God's anger is great and to be feared, but God is also what?
(a) Just.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Rational.
(d) Vengeful.

4. When was Marcion expelled from his church?
(a) 100 C.E.
(b) 144 C.E.
(c) 134 C.E.
(d) 150 C.E.

5. To what does Heschel compare the words of the prophet?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Wind.
(c) Running water.
(d) A breeze.

6. Heschel uses prophets from what regions or religions that used ecstasy to verify his viewpoint?
(a) Egypt and Greek.
(b) Islam and Mesopotamia.
(c) Egypt and Mesopotamia.
(d) Shiite and Greek.

7. One theory for prophets and their inspiration is that they had madness in them that led to what?
(a) The desire to be great.
(b) The belief that they had a job to do.
(c) The belief that God talked to them.
(d) A psychic ability.

8. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?
(a) State of passivity.
(b) State of madness.
(c) State of ecstasy.
(d) State of consciousness and awareness.

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

10. The nature of man's response to divine reality corresponds to what?
(a) His prayer life.
(b) His knowledge of God.
(c) His apprehension of the divine.
(d) His religious serendipity.

11. 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) In control.
(b) Rational.
(c) Taken over by another.
(d) Passive.

12. According to Heschel, many parts of the Bible should be looked at as what?
(a) Essays.
(b) Songs.
(c) Allegories.
(d) Poems.

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

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

15. Jeremiah the prophet said that God delights in what?
(a) Kindness.
(b) The covenant.
(c) Repentance.
(d) Vengeance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did some scholars reject the idea of pathos?

3. Another theory regarding the inspiration of the prophets regarded the prophetic act as what?

4. Heschel describes God as what?

5. Heschel states that it is important to distinguish between the objective and subjective aspects of what?

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