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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The instability and lack of self-esteem in the Islamic culture, has resulted in ____________.
(a) The modern liberalism in that culture which prevails in the modern world.
(b) The modern liberalism in that culture which exists in some areas of the modern world.
(c) The modern fundamentalism in that culture which prevails in the modern world.
(d) The modern fundamentalism in that culture which exists in some areas of the modern world.

2. What city did this tribe rule?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Galilea.
(d) Jordan.

3. In other parts of the Muslim Empire, the Mongol invasion led to ____________.
(a) An end to the Muslim Empire.
(b) An end to conservatism.
(c) A resurgence of liberalism.
(d) A resurgence of conservatism.

4. The principle of "being born again" and the practice of mysticism-for-everyone resulted, occasionally, in violent ecstasies as witnessed in the gatherings of ____________.
(a) Mennonites and Quakers.
(b) Quakers and Shakers.
(c) Shakers and German Baptists.
(d) Pennsylvania Dutch and the Amish.

5. What question is asked but not answered at the end of this book?
(a) What will happen if fundamentalism continues.
(b) What religion is the best.
(c) Who God is.
(d) The form that this inherent trait of humankind will take.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

3. Despite the conservatism occasioned by the rise of _____________ and the suppression of independent reasoning in the Sunni madrasahs, scholars, such as Mulla Sadr (ca 1571-1640), taught a philosophy that fused metaphysics and spirituality.

4. Who is Bernard?

5. By 1492, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain had fallen to ____________.

(see the answer key)

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