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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Muhammad experienced his epiphany during ___________.
(a) The Ramadan retreat of 610.
(b) The Christmas season of 610.
(c) The Passover season of 610.
(d) The Purin retreat of 610.

2. How is the Kabah regarded?
(a) As the most important prayer in Arabia.
(b) As the most important religious book in Arabia.
(c) As the most important shrine in Arabia.
(d) As the most important temple in Arabia.

3. What is the Kabah?
(a) A shrine in the center of Mecca.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A religious book.
(d) A temple.

4. Muhammad came under the influence of __________, some of whom were well disposed towards him.
(a) Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Buddhists.
(d) Hindus.

5. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.
(a) The Persian Empire.
(b) Spain.
(c) The Ottoman Empire.
(d) The Roman Empire.

6. What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina?
(a) They shared many of the same beliefs as him.
(b) They were also Muslims.
(c) They were permanently hostile to him.
(d) They trusted him.

7. The Falsafa movement reached its peak with the work of ____________.
(a) Abu Walid ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd.
(b) Abu Hassan Husein.
(c) Abu Allah Hasid.
(d) Abu Ali ibn Sina.

8. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.
(b) In Spain.
(c) In Europe.
(d) In the middle east.

9. What happened almost immediately to the newly established Christian Church in the Roman Empire?
(a) It unified.
(b) It spread.
(c) It was split by a fierce controversy.
(d) It ended.

10. The Jews tried to modify this theory ____________.
(a) To allow God more time to create the world.
(b) To allow God to have more control.
(c) To allow God more power over humanity.
(d) To allow God a certain degree of spontaneity and free will.

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

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

13. Initially, Muhammad's message was to warn the Quraysh about ____________.
(a) Asking for forgiveness of sins.
(b) The coming of Salvation.
(c) Amending their lives and paying less attention to the accumulation of wealth and power.
(d) The need for grace.

14. Christianity was a religion of __________.
(a) Europeans.
(b) Slaves and lower caste people.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) Romans.

15. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.

2. The ___________ Empire in the ninth century, Greek science and philosophy exerted a strong influence on Arab culture.

3. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.

4. What was a consequence of the doctrine of Incarnation?

5. Muhammad instructed his followers to prostrate themselves in the direction of the Kabah in Mecca instead of at ____________.

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