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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. Who died the year that Isaiah was called by God?
(a) His son.
(b) The king.
(c) His wife.
(d) The prophet Amos.

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

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

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

5. Micah's concern with the people was that they worshiped what?
(a) Golden calves.
(b) Gold.
(c) The work of their own hands.
(d) Multiple gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?

2. Jeremiah was a prophet when what happened to Jerusalem?

3. What changed with Second Isaiah?

4. According to Heschel, in what way did Hosea differ from Amos?

5. The prophets were outraged because of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Heschel say about the prophets' popularity?

2. Who is Second Isaiah?

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

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

5. Who was Amos?

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

7. Why did history cause a need for prophets?

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

9. Why can't God be explained, according to Heschel?

10. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

(see the answer keys)

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