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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. Heschel explains that some think the prophets may have been victims of what?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Mental abnormalities.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Religious fervor.

2. God's anger is great and to be feared, but God is also what?
(a) Rational.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Just.
(d) Vengeful.

3. What is the origin of pathos?
(a) Greek.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Islamic.

4. 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?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Pathos.
(d) Ecstasy.

5. Who said that what a poet writes is beautiful, if it is written with enthusiasm and divine inspiration?
(a) Plato.
(b) Philo.
(c) Democritus.
(d) Heschel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heschel contrasts God to other deities, who unlike God, did not have what?

2. The prophet's attitude toward divine reality is described as what?

3. One view that Heschel discusses is that an outstanding feature of a poet's consciousness is the sense of being what at the moment of inspiration?

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

5. Heschel points out that having a friendship with God doesn't mean what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Heschel describe as the end to indifference?

3. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

4. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

5. Who was Marcion?

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

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

8. How does Heschel describe God?

9. What is anthropopathy?

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

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