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

2. If ecstasy were a requirement for a prophet, which prophets of the Old Testament would not have been classified as prophets?
(a) Micah and Jonah.
(b) Moses and Isaiah.
(c) Second Isaiah and Habakkuk.
(d) Daniel and Zechariah.

3. What does Heschel describe as not a goal, but a challenge, a commitment, a state of tension?
(a) Prophetic sympathy.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Prophetic ethos.

4. What does the Stoic sage aim for?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Love.
(d) Pathos.

5. Heschel points out that God's wrath is what?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Like people's wrath.
(d) Righteous and just.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stated that since the world is so full of filth and sin a just and loving God could not have created it?

2. What does Heschel define as the belief in the temporary separation of the soul from the body when a person is asleep, sick, or in a trance state?

3. When talking about the inspiration for poetry, who says "One does not ask who gives."

4. Heschel looks at the theory of ecstasy but limits it to what?

5. When was Marcion expelled from his church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe one view of ecstasy and prophets that Heschel describes.

5. What does Heschel say gives the prophets the courage to speak out?

6. Who was Marcion?

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

8. What is the purpose of ecstasy, as explained by Heschel?

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

10. Does Heschel say God always been considered a loving and good God?

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