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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. The nature of man's response to divine reality corresponds to what?
(a) His religious serendipity.
(b) His knowledge of God.
(c) His apprehension of the divine.
(d) His prayer life.

2. According to Heschel, many parts of the Bible should be looked at as what?
(a) Allegories.
(b) Songs.
(c) Essays.
(d) Poems.

3. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?
(a) State of passivity.
(b) State of ecstasy.
(c) State of consciousness and awareness.
(d) State of madness.

4. What are two unique features of a prophet?
(a) Forgiveness and suppression of emotion.
(b) Prayer and mercy.
(c) Active cooperation and self-dedication to God.
(d) Silent subordination and self-love.

5. What does Heschel say about a reliable diagnosis of the prophets' mental health?
(a) He's not experienced in that area.
(b) It isn't necessary.
(c) It's beyond the reach of the book.
(d) It has been done by others.

Short Answer Questions

1. God's anger is great and to be feared, but God is also what?

2. What does the Stoic sage aim for?

3. What does Heschel believe drives a person's desire for ecstasy?

4. In ancient times, Israel only knew God as what?

5. What did God do after the prophet proclaimed the destruction of Nineveh and the people repented?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heschel think much of the Bible should be looked at?

2. Who was Marcion?

3. What is anthropopathy?

4. How does Heschel describe the concerns of the prophets?

5. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?

6. How does Heschel describe God?

7. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?

8. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?

9. What is ecstasy?

10. What is one difference between apathy and pathos, as explained by Heschel?

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