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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?
(a) Things that offended God.
(b) Expensive habits.
(c) People calling them crazy.
(d) Religious fanatics.

2. What was Micah's message?
(a) Hope and forgiveness.
(b) Sweetness and light.
(c) Love and generosity.
(d) Doom and destruction.

3. According to Heschel, in what way did Hosea differ from Amos?
(a) In his love for God.
(b) In his preaching.
(c) In his love for the people.
(d) In the way he lived.

4. Who was Mesha?
(a) King of the Israelites.
(b) King of the Moabites.
(c) A prophet.
(d) A herdsman.

5. In Hosea 9:14 instead of asking God to forgive his people he asked God to deliver them what?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Wrath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Jeremiah say would overtake the cities of Judah?

2. What does Heschel say is the basis for the relationship of God and man?

3. What does Heschel say will change God's judgment about destruction?

4. According to Heschel, the prophets had no ideas about God, but had what?

5. For what does Heschel say God wants his people to obey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heschel describe the words of prophecy?

2. Who is Second Isaiah?

3. What type of man was a prophet, according to Heschel?

4. Why does Jeremiah refer to the people of God as murderers?

5. Why did the people try to run Amos out of the city of Judah?

6. In what way were Jeremiah and Micah the same?

7. What did Micah say in addition to warning the people about destruction due to their sins?

8. How did Hosea think his marriage with his wife Gomer reflected the relationship of Israel and God?

9. Did the people listen to the prophet Isaiah?

10. What does understanding God depend on, according to Heschel?

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