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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. In Hosea 9:14 instead of asking God to forgive his people he asked God to deliver them what?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Love.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Hope.

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

3. Heschel describes the words of prophecy as a polarity between what?
(a) Anger and love.
(b) Good and bad.
(c) Health and sickness.
(d) Wrath and justice.

4. According to Heschel, how did God show himself to prophets?
(a) In totality.
(b) In vague notions.
(c) In absolutes.
(d) In variables.

5. Who died the year that Isaiah was called by God?
(a) The prophet Amos.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heschel, the prophets had no ideas about God, but had what?

2. What does Heschel claim is God's ultimate goal?

3. Prophets were hypersensitive to what?

4. Heschel says that God is our father but also our judge, and when he judges us he is also what?

5. What did Amos speak out against that differed from Hosea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of message did Amos bring to the people?

2. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

3. What did Micah say in addition to warning the people about destruction due to their sins?

4. What did Heschel say about the prophets' popularity?

5. What does understanding God depend on, according to Heschel?

6. What was the prophet Micah's concern with the people?

7. Why was Jeremiah called the prophet of wrath?

8. Why does Jeremiah refer to the people of God as murderers?

9. Why, according to Heschel, do others reject prophets?

10. Does Heschel say there is anything that can change God's judgment after the prophets warn the people of destruction?

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