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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 God do after the prophet proclaimed the destruction of Nineveh and the people repented?
(a) God destroyed Nineveh.
(b) God told the prophet to stay in Nineveh.
(c) God relented and saved Nineveh.
(d) God let the people leave Nineveh before he destroyed it.

2. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?
(a) People calling them crazy.
(b) Things that offended God.
(c) Expensive habits.
(d) Religious fanatics.

3. What did Mesha sacrifice to appease his idols during wartime?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Animals.
(c) Incense.
(d) His son.

4. The prophet's attitude toward divine reality is described as what?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Pathos.

5. In what belief is there no grace or repentance for sin, just cause and effect?
(a) Islam.
(b) Tao.
(c) Karma.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what civilization do we get the legacy that great poetry comes into being through madness?

2. According to Heschel, how did God show himself to prophets?

3. Hosea describes Israel as the unfaithful wife and God as Israel's what?

4. "The Prophets" was written for which religious groups?

5. What does Heschel avoid telling the reader about the prophets' message?

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