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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 does Heschel use to solidify his facts about the prophets?
(a) The prophets' own words.
(b) Opinions of others.
(c) His opinions.
(d) Other parts of the Bible.

2. What change occurs in Second Isaiah toward the people of Israel?
(a) The mood.
(b) The tone.
(c) The expectancy of behavior.
(d) The attitude.

3. What promise did God give with Second Isaiah?
(a) Promise of love.
(b) Promise of destruction.
(c) Promise of redemption.
(d) Promise of future wealth.

4. What did Isaiah say that God would do to those who try to honor themselves?
(a) Build them a nation.
(b) Bring them to humility and dishonor.
(c) Honor their fathers and mothers.
(d) Honor them as well.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?

3. Whom did the prophets blame for the injustices in the land?

4. Who died the year that Isaiah was called by God?

5. What does understanding God depend on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Second Isaiah?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Jeremiah called the prophet of wrath?

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