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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this chapter Karen Armstrong outlines the developments in the nineteenth century which led to ____________.
(a) Questioning of the existence and relevance of God.
(b) Questioning of God's purpose for mankind.
(c) Questioning of God's role on earth.
(d) A renewed acceptance of God.

2. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?
(a) A fundamentalist approach.
(b) A mystical approach.
(c) The desirability of a compassionate approach to religion.
(d) The rationalistic and literal interpretation of the sacred scripts.

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

4. To what common element does Armstrong point in all the progressive developments in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions and, in the same vein, includes the introduction of the Buddhist worship of the Bodhisattvas?
(a) Rules.
(b) Fear.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Obedience.

5. What is a spiritual longing for the redemption of Israel as foretold by the ancient prophets?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Safedism.
(c) Sufism.
(d) Kabbalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe was Muhammad a member of?

2. Why were Jews and Muslims able to accept Darwin's theories?

3. What is the belief stated in this doctrine?

4. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?

5. What movement does Armstrong identify as a possible direction for a new philosophy for religion and God?

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