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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Heschel say that Habakkuk is tormented by?
(a) The fact that God allows evil to prevail.
(b) The great lack of worshipping the true God.
(c) The lack of listening to the prophets.
(d) The idolatry of the people.

3. Why does Heschel use quotes from other books of the Bible?
(a) To prove his point.
(b) To show continuity.
(c) To prove he knows about the Bible.
(d) To provide background.

4. Heschel said that some of the beliefs that the prophets were frauds came from an era when people wanted what?
(a) Shibboleth.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Rationality.

5. In Jeremiah, God states that he will have to destroy what he has built. What was he referring to?
(a) The covenant.
(b) The land.
(c) His people.
(d) The temple in Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeremiah the prophet said that God delights in what?

2. Heschel alludes to the fact that to describe God in any terms implies that God is what?

3. Heschel says that Moses would have taught what kinds of rules of right living to the people?

4. Heschel links divine inspiration to what?

5. According to Heschel, many parts of the Bible should be looked at as what?

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