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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Muhammad instructed his followers to prostrate themselves in the direction of the Kabah in Mecca instead of at ____________.
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Galilea.
(d) Cairo.

2. At this synod, the modern Christian creed, called ________ was first promulgated.
(a) The Nicene Creed.
(b) The Nicaea Creed.
(c) The Constantine Creed.
(d) The Nice Creed.

3. In this chapter Karen Armstrong outlines the developments in the nineteenth century which led to ____________.
(a) Questioning of God's purpose for mankind.
(b) Questioning of God's role on earth.
(c) A renewed acceptance of God.
(d) Questioning of the existence and relevance of God.

4. The Kabbalists still struggled with the problem of ____________.
(a) Defining the nature of God.
(b) Declining membership.
(c) Christian intolerance.
(d) Jewish mistrust.

5. The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran?
(a) Where God was described as divine.
(b) Where God was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.
(c) Where man was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.
(d) Where man was described as divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paradoxically, Armstrong identifies strong movements in all three religions to ____________.

2. By 1492, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain had fallen to ____________.

3. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?

4. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.

5. What city did this tribe rule?

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