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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Unity: The God of Islam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.
(a) Attended his first mass.
(b) Threatened to have the Christians exiled.
(c) Converted to Christianity.
(d) Tortured Christians.

2. In the early years of his mission, Muhammad gathered many converts, especially from among ____________.
(a) The younger generation.
(b) Female groups.
(c) The non-Muslim generation.
(d) The older generation.

3. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?
(a) It spread.
(b) It unified.
(c) It was split by a fierce controversy.
(d) It ended.

4. To rationalize the shock of his death by crucifixion, his followers subscribed to the belief that ________.
(a) He had risen from death to immortality and that he had been, indeed, the promised Messiah.
(b) He is seated at the right hand of the Father.
(c) He had died peacefully.
(d) He had not died.

5. The Jews tried to modify this theory ____________.
(a) To allow God to have more control.
(b) To allow God more time to create the world.
(c) To allow God more power over humanity.
(d) To allow God a certain degree of spontaneity and free will.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this chapter Karen Armstrong deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?

2. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.

3. The Greek influence on theology formed the core of the idea of ____________.

4. In the seventh century CE, Muhammad's tribe was emerging from the obscurity of nomadic life in the desert to ________________.

5. What is the Kabah?

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