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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. What did the prophets talk about in addition to God's wrath and judgment?
(a) His wisdom.
(b) His knowledge.
(c) His love.
(d) His vengeance.

2. Heschel looks at the theory of ecstasy but limits it to what?
(a) Early prophets.
(b) The literary prophets.
(c) Old Testament prophets.
(d) The post-exilic prophets.

3. What promise did God give with Second Isaiah?
(a) Promise of destruction.
(b) Promise of redemption.
(c) Promise of love.
(d) Promise of future wealth.

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

5. Heschel says that Jeremiah is often called a prophet of what?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Doom.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heschel says the problem is not that we depict God incorrectly but what?

2. How many changes in leadership were there during Jeremiah's time?

3. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?

4. In what belief is there no grace or repentance for sin, just cause and effect?

5. In early Israel, the gift of poetry was regarded as what?

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