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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heschel admits that pathos is both a paradox and what?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A divine concept.
(c) A commandment.
(d) Easy to explain.

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

3. What does Heschel call indifference?
(a) Unjust.
(b) Good.
(c) Rational.
(d) Evil.

4. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?
(a) An intellectual gift.
(b) A gift of the Spirit.
(c) A psychic ability.
(d) A talent.

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

6. An emotional religion of sympathy is more compatible with the prophet's mentality than a religion of what?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Obedience.

7. Heschel points out that having a friendship with God doesn't mean what?
(a) That we are equal with God.
(b) That we can stop seeking God.
(c) That we can get what we ask for.
(d) That we can understand everything about God.

8. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?
(a) Islam.
(b) Taoism.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Karma.

9. In addition to using information from Israel's culture, Heschel uses information from what in order to understand the prophets?
(a) Islamic culture.
(b) Egyptian culture.
(c) Greek culture.
(d) Cult of the Balaam.

10. Heschel points out that God's wrath is what?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Like people's wrath.
(c) Righteous and just.
(d) Terrible.

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

12. The prophet's attitude toward divine reality is described as what?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Pathos.
(d) Mercy.

13. 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) It has been done by others.
(d) He's not experienced in that area.

14. In ancient times, Israel only knew God as what?
(a) Impassible.
(b) Redemptive.
(c) Loving.
(d) Mysterious and terrible.

15. What does the Stoic sage aim for?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Marcion?

2. One theory for prophets and their inspiration is that they had madness in them that led to what?

3. From the total perspective, what does Heschel say are demands rather than fulfillments?

4. Heschel uses prophets from what regions or religions that used ecstasy to verify his viewpoint?

5. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?

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