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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A God for Reformers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A counter movement came into being when the Shiis declared ____________.
(a) War on the Faylasufs.
(b) God did not exist.
(c) God's presence on earth was in the form of a man named Jesus.
(d) God's presence on earth was embodied in some mysterious way by their Imams.

2. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.
(a) They did not pray.
(b) In their homes.
(c) In the temple alongside other Jews.
(d) In their own temples.

3. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.
(b) In Spain.
(c) In the middle east.
(d) In Europe.

4. What did this mystical tradition describe?
(a) A journey to the Throne of God through the mythical realm of heaven.
(b) A journey to the Throne of God through the mythical realm of seven heavens.
(c) A journey to the Throne of God through the mythical realm of ten heavens.
(d) A journey to the Throne of God through the mythical realm of five heavens.

5. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.
(a) Be like God.
(b) Learn to be more loving and understanding.
(c) Externalize and worship their own prejudices and desires.
(d) Forget about God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sigmund Freud considered belief in a God as ____________.

2. Why are theories and philosophies not designed to convince unbelievers?

3. The focal point for the new spirituality was in the town of ____________.

4. This city is located in what is now the Western province of ____________.

5. Who was the German philosopher who propounded the liberal ideas of the Enlightenment and paved the way for Judaism to enter the arena of modern Europe?

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