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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A similar intellectual movement developed among the Jews in the Islamic empire who did not accept the doctrine of ____________.
(a) The Neoclassical.
(b) The Metropolitan.
(c) The Neopolitan.
(d) The Neoplatonic.

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

3. In the west the Christian form of mysticism rested not on imagery, but on ____________.
(a) Dancing and singing.
(b) The silent, inward experience, where the contemplative had to pass beyond language and the conscious mind.
(c) Constant prayer and recitation of Scripture.
(d) Speaking in tongues.

4. The classic texts of this form of Judaic mysticism were written ____________.
(a) In Assyria in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(b) In Babylon in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(c) In Jerusalem in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(d) In Canaan in the fifth and sixth centuries.

5. Why are theories and philosophies not designed to convince unbelievers?
(a) There were, at that point in time, no people called atheists.
(b) There were, at that point in time, no people called agnostics.
(c) All people were Christians.
(d) All people were atheists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Muhammad experienced his epiphany during ___________.

2. By the end of ____________century, there was a widespread belief among most modern societies that humankind could exert control over the natural world and replace the old sanctities with fresh and new ideas?

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

4. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.

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

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