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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. When was Marcion expelled from his church?
(a) 144 C.E.
(b) 134 C.E.
(c) 150 C.E.
(d) 100 C.E.
2. What does the Stoic sage aim for?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Love.
3. Heschel links divine inspiration to what?
(a) Divination.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Songs.
(d) Poetry.
4. In contrast to the Stoic sage, Heschel characterizes the prophet as what?
(a) Homo sympathetikos.
(b) Homo sapiens.
(c) Sui generis.
(d) Homo apathetikos.
5. What were the prophets overwhelmed with in addition to emotion?
(a) The need to speak with God.
(b) The need to be respected.
(c) The need for action.
(d) The need to go off and pray.
Short Answer Questions
1. Heschel says that Moses would have taught what kinds of rules of right living to the people?
2. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?
3. What does Heschel believe drives a person's desire for ecstasy?
4. What attitude does Heschel take to other points of view that he uses in his book?
5. When did Heschel examine the state of mind of the prophets with respect to the theory of ecstasy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe one theory of the state of mind of the prophets at the time they were receiving the words of God.
2. How does Heschel describe the concerns of the prophets?
3. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?
4. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?
5. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?
6. What is ecstasy?
7. Why does Heschel think it is hard for people to understand the wrath of God?
8. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?
9. What does Heschel describe as the end to indifference?
10. How does Heschel describe Tao as an antithesis to the prophetic idea of God?
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