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

2. Before Amos was called by God what was his job?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Judge.
(c) Carpet maker.
(d) Shepherd.

3. What happened to prophets when God called them to do his work?
(a) They were honored.
(b) They were shown respect.
(c) They were shunned.
(d) They were glorified.

4. Why was Jeremiah imprisoned?
(a) Because he abandoned the Assyrians.
(b) Because of his prophesies.
(c) Because he abandoned the Babylonians.
(d) Because he spoke out against the king.

5. Heschel says that Jeremiah is often called a prophet of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Doom.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes what era in the Old Testament?

2. Pathos is not self-centered but is what kind of thinking?

3. How did Second Isaiah refer to the people of Israel?

4. What was Micah's message?

5. What did Mesha sacrifice to appease his idols during wartime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the prophet Micah's concern with the people?

2. How does Heschel describe the words of prophecy?

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

4. What type of message did Amos bring to the people?

5. Who was Amos?

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

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

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

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

10. Did the prophets feel differently about sin than others?

(see the answer keys)

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