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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. These practices emphasized the internal journey to experience the Deity and preached the principle that ____________.
(a) God resides in the holy.
(b) God resides in the earth.
(c) God resides in each individual.
(d) God resides in holy places.

3. In the west the Christian form of mysticism rested not on imagery, but on ____________.
(a) The silent, inward experience, where the contemplative had to pass beyond language and the conscious mind.
(b) Constant prayer and recitation of Scripture.
(c) Speaking in tongues.
(d) Dancing and singing.

4. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Rarely.
(d) No.

5. The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran?
(a) Where God was described as divine.
(b) Where man was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.
(c) Where man was described as divine.
(d) Where God was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the idea of a personal God developed by all three of the monotheistic religions?

2. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.

3. The instability and lack of self-esteem in the Islamic culture, has resulted in ____________.

4. All three monotheistic religions were forced to develop ____________ traditions?

5. The original intention of the Zionists was to do ____________.

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