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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Muhammad the Man of al-Llah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are many of the conditions and practices in the Islamic world typical of?
(a) Any modern society.
(b) The beliefs of nomadic tribes.
(c) Pagan cultures.
(d) Any pre-modern society.

2. What is the Western view of Muhammad?
(a) He was an impostor who tried to deceive the world by portraying himself as a prophet.
(b) He was Jesus' friend.
(c) He was a prophet.
(d) He was the Messiah for the Arabs.

3. What did the age of the Renaissance result in?
(a) Less negotiations, because the Christians decided to go to war instead.
(b) More fighting.
(c) Less objectivity as thinkers were persecuted for defending the Muslims.
(d) More objectivity as thinkers tried to develop an understanding of the Muslim world.

4. By what century was Europe actively fighting Islam?
(a) The tenth.
(b) The twelfth.
(c) The eleventh.
(d) The thirteenth.

5. To most Westerners, whom does Islam pertain to?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) The radicals.
(c) The ignorant.
(d) The faithful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Armstrong, what are most of the Western views of Islam based on?

2. The view of the Muslim world changed to one that the Muslim world would never be conquered by war or missionary activities. What did it become important to do?

3. Did Muhammad write the suras of the Quran?

4. What is the Quran a source of information?

5. How was the Prophet Muhammad viewed?

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