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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arabs made a yearly pilgrimage which began where and proceeded to the shrines of other gods?
(a) At the Mazar-e-Sharif.
(b) At the Ka'aba.
(c) At the Jalal-ud-Din Rumi.
(d) At the Gnouia.

2. Was Salman Rushdie's the first denunciation of the Prophet by a Muslim?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Most likely.

3. What happened when Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses?
(a) It caused an uproar in the Muslim world.
(b) The Muslim world ignored him.
(c) Muslims reacted positively.
(d) The Muslims imprisoned him.

4. Muhammad followed his religion and made the yearly spiritual retreat to a cave. Where was this cave?
(a) In Mount Fuji.
(b) In Mount Arafat.
(c) In Mount St. Helens.
(d) In Mount Hira.

5. In what century did an Arab merchant named Muhammad live in Mecca?
(a) The eighth.
(b) The ninth.
(c) The sixth.
(d) The seventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Arabs view both Christianity and Judaism?

2. Was Arabia considered to be important to the world powers at this time?

3. There was more understanding of Islam by the eighteenth century. How did Islam become accepted?

4. What empire spread into the Arab lands?

5. In the Quran, what is presented first?

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