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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The God of the Mystics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.
(a) Learn to be more loving and understanding.
(b) Externalize and worship their own prejudices and desires.
(c) Be like God.
(d) Forget about God.

2. During the twelfth century, European scholars had flocked to Spain to study ____________.
(a) Buddhist theology.
(b) Christian theology.
(c) Muslim theology.
(d) Jewish theology.

3. What is the Kabah?
(a) A religious book.
(b) A temple.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A shrine in the center of Mecca.

4. The Faylasufs developed an advanced notion of God different from ____________.
(a) That of the Christians.
(b) That of the non-traditional Koran.
(c) That of the Jews.
(d) That of the traditional Koran.

5. A counter movement came into being when the Shiis declared ____________.
(a) War on the Faylasufs.
(b) God did not exist.
(c) God's presence on earth was embodied in some mysterious way by their Imams.
(d) God's presence on earth was in the form of a man named Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.

3. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?

4. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

5. What is a spiritual longing for the redemption of Israel as foretold by the ancient prophets?

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