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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 deals with the dramatic rise of a charismatic faith healer in North Palestine. Who is this man?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Moses.
(d) Muhammad.

2. Armstrong describes a similar wave of religious fervor, which swept through New England in the 1730's and which became known as ____________.
(a) The Reformation.
(b) The Enlightenment.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) Transcendentalism.

3. The effect of this behavior towards Jewish people was ____________.
(a) To return to a traditional form of Kabbalism.
(b) To evoke a new form of Kabbalism.
(c) To end Kabbalism.
(d) To begin Kabbalism.

4. Darwin's ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES seemed to ____________.
(a) Question the story of the Creation in Genesis.
(b) Negate the story of the Creation in Genesis.
(c) Support the story of the Creation in Genesis.
(d) Enhance the story of the Creation in Genesis.

5. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.
(a) That he was not the Son of God.
(b) That he was only a man.
(c) That he was divine.
(d) That he should not have died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kabbalists used _______________ between the essence of God and the God who is revealed by the reality of creation.

2. What does the Koran mean?

3. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?

4. The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran?

5. How is the Kabah regarded?

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