A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Test | Final Test - Medium

Karen Armstrong
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Test | Final Test - Medium

Karen Armstrong
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Western secularism and the rising dominance of industrialized European countries had a profound effect on ____________.
(a) Americans.
(b) The Muslim religion.
(c) The environment.
(d) Politics.

2. To what common element does Armstrong point in all the progressive developments in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions and, in the same vein, includes the introduction of the Buddhist worship of the Bodhisattvas?
(a) Rules.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Obedience.

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

4. How did the teachings of the Northern European mystics affect the religious establishment?
(a) It angered them.
(b) It shocked them.
(c) It scared them.
(d) It excited them.

5. In the same spirit of tolerance and acceptance, what formed an important part of policies of the Moghul emperor in 1560?
(a) Non-Muslim religions.
(b) Muslim customs.
(c) Muslim beliefs.
(d) Muslim sects.

Short Answer Questions

1. The effect of this behavior towards Jewish people was ____________.

2. Who was a Dutch Jew who had become discontented with the ideas in the Torah and joined a group of Gentile freethinkers, which led to his expulsion from the synagogue of Amsterdam?

3. In Judaism, mysticism developed in the second and third centuries starting with ____________.

4. Some scholars suggest that the decline of Muslim science marked the beginning of ____________.

5. In this chapter Karen Armstrong outlines the developments in the nineteenth century which led to ____________.

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