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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of God?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1492, what happened when 150,000 Jews refused baptism?
(a) They were exterminated.
(b) They were imprisoned in Spain.
(c) They were worshiped.
(d) They were expelled from Spain.

2. The Jews tried to modify this theory ____________.
(a) To allow God more time to create the world.
(b) To allow God to have more control.
(c) To allow God a certain degree of spontaneity and free will.
(d) To allow God more power over humanity.

3. Karen Armstrong passionately believes that human beings have, in the 4000 years of the quest delineated in her book, always sought ____________.
(a) An answer to the questions raised by religion and the idea of God.
(b) Power and might.
(c) Harmony and understanding.
(d) Peace and love.

4. What vision did Muhammad experience?
(a) A vision of Satan.
(b) A vision of the Angel Gabriel.
(c) A vision of Jesus.
(d) A vision of God.

5. This city is located in what is now the Western province of ____________.
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scientific work of Charles Darwin and the writings of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud led to the conclusion that ____________.

2. In the seventh century CE, Muhammad's tribe was emerging from the obscurity of nomadic life in the desert to ________________.

3. What did this mystical tradition describe?

4. The Catholic church distinguished itself when Pope Innocent VIII promulgated a Papal Bull in 1484. What did this start?

5. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?

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