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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of God?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Eastern church the experience of God was characterized as being like ____________.
(a) Thunder and lightning.
(b) Sunbeams that can be seen by humans without them observing the sun, the source of the light.
(c) Rainbows and doves in the sky.
(d) Raindrops on the soil.

2. What story did Muhammad learn from another cultural group?
(a) The story of Ishmael, Abraham's eldest son, who had participated in the foundation of the Kabah.
(b) The story of Noah and the Ark.
(c) The story of Cain and Abel.
(d) The story of Joseph, Jacob's favorite son.

3. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?
(a) Arius and Anathasius.
(b) Arius and Aquinas.
(c) Augustine and Aurelius.
(d) Aquinas and Augustine.

4. The history of the emergence of the Judaic scriptures can be interpreted as ____________.
(a) The refinement and later acceptance of the transpersonal Yahweh.
(b) The refinement and later abandonment of the transpersonal Yahweh.
(c) The refinement and later abandonment of the tribal and personalized Yahweh.
(d) The refinement and later acceptance of the tribal and personalized Yahweh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Koran mean?

2. Western secularism and the rising dominance of industrialized European countries had a profound effect on ____________.

3. What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina?

4. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

5. By 1492, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain had fallen to ____________.

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