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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. Jeremiah felt that his time was one of what?
(a) Change.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Fluidity.
(d) Emergency.

2. What social ill did Hosea primarily speak out against?
(a) Sin in general.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Idolatry.
(d) Gluttony.

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

4. God answers Habakkuk that God's hand is constantly working even though what?
(a) It is destroying the covenant.
(b) It is destroying the people.
(c) It isn't what Habakkuk wants.
(d) It can't be seen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, the land at the time of the prophets had judges and laws but they were both without what?

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

3. What was another name for Hosea?

4. Micah's concern with the people was that they worshiped what?

5. Heschel quotes Samuel to show that what was better than sacrifice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Heschel say the prophets look toward?

2. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is meant when Samuel says "to obey is better than sacrifice"?

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

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

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