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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. Why did some scholars reject the idea of pathos?
(a) Because it involved emotions.
(b) Because of its origins.
(c) Because it didn't involve emotions.
(d) Because it isn't mentioned in the Bible.

2. In order to aid the reader's understanding, Heschel includes an appendix on what subject?
(a) God.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Maps of the time.
(d) Theology.

3. When talking about the inspiration for poetry, who says "One does not ask who gives."
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Plato.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Democritus.

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

5. What cultural/religious doctrines did Philo try to mix in his studies?
(a) Egyptian and Islamic.
(b) Jewish and Egyptian.
(c) Greek and Islamic.
(d) Greek and Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. An emotional religion of sympathy is more compatible with the prophet's mentality than a religion of what?

2. What does Heschel use to solidify his facts about the prophets?

3. In contrast to the Stoic sage, Heschel characterizes the prophet as what?

4. What was Micah's message?

5. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?

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