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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. In the seventh century CE, Muhammad's tribe was emerging from the obscurity of nomadic life in the desert to ________________.
(a) A life of constant immigration.
(b) A hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
(c) A life of successful international trading.
(d) Mercantile livelihoods.

2. Muslim influence increased in scope as ____________ gained hold in Asia Minor.
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Ottoman Turks.
(c) The Franks.
(d) The Persians.

3. The Safavids rose up in Iran, and the Moghul Empire emerged ____________.
(a) In Nepal.
(b) In Pakistan.
(c) In China.
(d) In India.

4. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?
(a) St. Thomas Aquinas's.
(b) St. Paul's.
(c) St. Peter's.
(d) St. Simon's.

5. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.
(a) The wealth of the Christian church.
(b) The intelligence of Christian leaders.
(c) The welfare system initiated by the Christian church and the compassion and mutual respect that Christians showed each other.
(d) The power of the Christian church.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Falsafa movement reached its peak with the work of ____________.

2. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.

3. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.

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

5. The ___________ Empire in the ninth century, Greek science and philosophy exerted a strong influence on Arab culture.

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