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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. What does understanding God depend on?
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Prayer.
(c) A person's relationship with God.
(d) A person's obedience to God's will.

2. What country did Israel ask for help and protection from Assyria during the time of Isaiah?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Mesopotamia.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Syria.

3. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?
(a) Adulterers.
(b) Lovers of evil.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Idolaters.

4. According to Heschel, in what way did Hosea differ from Amos?
(a) In his love for the people.
(b) In his preaching.
(c) In the way he lived.
(d) In his love for God.

5. What was Micah's message?
(a) Sweetness and light.
(b) Hope and forgiveness.
(c) Love and generosity.
(d) Doom and destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the prophets blame for the injustices in the land?

2. Pathos is not self-centered but is what kind of thinking?

3. What happened to prophets when God called them to do his work?

4. According to Heschel, the land at the time of the prophets had judges and laws but they were both without what?

5. What does Habakkuk ask God directly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Heschel say that the tone changes toward the people of Israel while Second Isaiah is the prophet?

2. Why can't God be explained, according to Heschel?

3. How does God answer Habakkuk when he asks him why and how long this will continue?

4. How does Heschel describe the words of prophecy?

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

6. Did the people listen to the prophet Isaiah?

7. Why was Jeremiah called the prophet of wrath?

8. Why does Heschel think Habakkuk is a tormented man?

9. Who was Amos?

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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