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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. Amos began with a message of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Contrition.
(d) Doom.

2. How long is the book of Habakkuk?
(a) Longest book of "The Prophets".
(b) Longer than Jeremiah.
(c) 10 chapters.
(d) A few chapters.

3. Heschel says God hates sin but is also what?
(a) Intolerant of injustice.
(b) Judgmental.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Forgiving.

4. Micah lived about the same time as what other prophet?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Amos.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Hosea.

5. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Lovers of evil.
(b) Adulterers.
(c) Idolaters.
(d) Murderers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that a prophet looked at things that seemed what to other people?

2. What does Heschel see as the point when freedom is lost?

3. What was another name for Hosea?

4. Hosea describes Israel as the unfaithful wife and God as Israel's what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Heschel say the prophets look toward?

5. Why did history cause a need for prophets?

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

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

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

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

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

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