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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christianity attempted to qualify the highly personalized cult of God incarnate by introducing ____________.
(a) The doctrine of the one and only God.
(b) The doctrine of the impersonal Trinity.
(c) The doctrine of the impersonal God.
(d) The doctrine of the transpersonal Trinity.

2. What did Nietzsche teach about the Christian God?
(a) He does not understand his people.
(b) He needs to change.
(c) He is absurd and "a crime against life."
(d) He is confused.

3. What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina?
(a) They shared many of the same beliefs as him.
(b) They trusted him.
(c) They were permanently hostile to him.
(d) They were also Muslims.

4. The question that was resolved at a synod was called by the Emperor Constantine at __________.
(a) Nice.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Nicaea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.

3. The focal point for the new spirituality was in the town of ____________.

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

5. In the early years of his mission, Muhammad gathered many converts, especially from among ____________.

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