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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. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?
(a) The covenant.
(b) His people.
(c) The temple in Jerusalem.
(d) The land.

2. What people did Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah try to save?
(a) The people of the Eastern Kingdom.
(b) The people of the Southern Kingdom.
(c) The people of the Western Kingdom.
(d) The people of the Northern Kingdom.

3. What does understanding God depend on?
(a) A person's relationship with God.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) A person's obedience to God's will.

4. What Bible does Heschel use as the source for scripture passages?
(a) The Hebrew Bible.
(b) The Jerusalem Bible.
(c) The Protestant Bible.
(d) The Catholic Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The prophets were outraged because of what?

2. Heschel says that Habakkuk knowing that destruction is coming feels that this is the opposite of what?

3. What does Heschel say the prophets had to endure?

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

5. How does Heschel describe the time during Second Isaiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did the prophets see things differently based upon their relationship with God?

2. Why was Jeremiah called the prophet of wrath?

3. What does Heschel say God's ultimate goal is?

4. Why does Heschel think Habakkuk is a tormented man?

5. Why, according to Heschel, do others reject prophets?

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

7. Does Heschel say there is anything that can change God's judgment after the prophets warn the people of destruction?

8. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

9. Why does Heschel say that the tone changes toward the people of Israel while Second Isaiah is the prophet?

10. How does Heschel describe the words of prophecy?

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