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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the teachings of the Northern European mystics affect the religious establishment?
(a) It excited them.
(b) It shocked them.
(c) It angered them.
(d) It scared them.

2. After the first three years, Muhammad's message transformed into _______________.
(a) Al-Lah, the High God, is the same God as the Jews.
(b) Al-Lah, the High God, is only for Muslims.
(c) Al-Lah, the High God, precluded worship of the ancient cults.
(d) Al-Lah, the High God, is the most powerful of all gods.

3. The Greek influence on theology formed the core of the idea of ____________.
(a) God the Father.
(b) Manifest Destiny.
(c) A Divine Trinity.
(d) Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

4. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.
(a) In the Gospel of St. John.
(b) In the Gospel of St. Matthew.
(c) In the Gospel of St. Luke.
(d) In the Gospel of St Mark.

5. In 1626, a wealthy Sephardic Jew in Symrna, called Shabbetai Zevi, started a movement in which he declared ____________.
(a) He was the Son of the Messiah.
(b) The Messiah had come to the Americas.
(c) The Messiah was Jesus Christ.
(d) He was the Messiah and that redemption was at hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nietzsche proclaimed that God ____________.

2. More and more writers and philosophers struggle to develop ideas which might replace ____________.

3. This competing philosophy formed the basis of the theology of __________.

4. Muslim influence increased in scope as ____________ gained hold in Asia Minor.

5. In Europe, scientists such as _______________, published their own theories as to the meaning and role of God in modern life, while, in England, the physicist Isaac Newton extended his opus magnus "Philosophiae Natruralis Principia" to prove God's existence.

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