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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Muhammad die?
(a) June 8, 532.
(b) June 8, 632.
(c) June 8, 832.
(d) June 8, 732.

2. Did Muhammad perform miracles like Jesus?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, many.
(c) Yes, one.
(d) Yes, a few.

3. To what has Western behavior in the Islamic world led?
(a) The development of Muslim extremists.
(b) The development of understanding between the West and the Islamic world.
(c) Peace.
(d) Unity between the West and Middle East.

4. What did this angel command him to recite?
(a) What would become the Quran.
(b) The Bible in Arabic.
(c) A series of laws.
(d) Poems.

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

6. During the period of the Crusades, there were many attempts to convert the Muslims to Christianity. Who did the Christians do this with?
(a) The pagans and the Jews.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Protestants.
(d) The pagans.

7. How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad?
(a) In one large message.
(b) In piecemeal version.
(c) In a cave in Saudi Arabia.
(d) In two mystical experiences.

8. By the time of Muhammad's birth, there were three different divisions within his tribe. What were they based upon?
(a) Talent.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Strength.

9. Were there common laws among the tribes?
(a) No, none.
(b) Yes, a few.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) None except that deaths were avenged by killing an equal number of members of the murderers' tribe.

10. Arab society at this time was characterized by who?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Monks.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Merchants.

11. Christians have been reluctant to acknowledge that Muslims worship the same God as they and the Jews do. What do many of them view Islam as?
(a) A threat.
(b) A form of paganism.
(c) A joke.
(d) A friend of the Christians.

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

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

14. The views that the Europeans developed during the period of the Crusades carried over into the present day and became intensified as what happened?
(a) The followers of Islam developed an understanding of the West.
(b) The followers of Christ developed a hatred of the Middle East.
(c) The followers of Islam developed a hatred of the West.
(d) The followers of Christ developed an understanding of the Middle East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 850, the monk Perfectus denounced the Prophet. Who put him to death?

2. The farmers provided the nomads with food. What did the nomadic tribes provide the farmers with?

3. The Arabs had a spiritual life under the muruwah and holy places like the shrines at Mecca and other places. The most important shrine was ________ at Mecca which played an important part in the life of Muhammad and other people.

4. What did the age of the Renaissance result in?

5. Was Salman Rushdie's the first denunciation of the Prophet by a Muslim?

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