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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bernard?
(a) The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
(b) An archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
(c) A popular priest in Paris.
(d) The abbot of the Cistercian Abby of Clairvaux in Burgundy.

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

3. The Faylasufs developed an advanced notion of God different from ____________.
(a) That of the Christians.
(b) That of the Jews.
(c) That of the traditional Koran.
(d) That of the non-traditional Koran.

4. This competing philosophy formed the basis of the theology of __________.
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The Eastern Orthodox Church.
(c) The Mormon Church.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

5. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

6. A consequence of God being presumed to exist as a separate external entity is that he assumes the attributes of _______________.
(a) A human being.
(b) A king.
(c) Satan.
(d) A god.

7. What tribe was Muhammad a member of?
(a) Quraysh.
(b) Mohecan.
(c) Sunni.
(d) Blackhawk.

8. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?
(a) The Ark of the Covenant.
(b) The Trinity.
(c) God the Father.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

9. This city is located in what is now the Western province of ____________.
(a) Iraq.
(b) Iran.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Israel.

10. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.
(a) Nicaea.
(b) Cappadocia.
(c) Nice.
(d) Constantinople.

11. Even by that time the historical facts were being overlaid with mythical elements, which did ___________.
(a) Purported to explain facets of his life in the context of the beliefs of his followers.
(b) Spread the beliefs of a mad man.
(c) Give Jesus' disciples power over others.
(d) Trick non-believers into thinking Jesus' was the Messiah.

12. What does the Koran mean?
(a) The Word.
(b) The Song.
(c) The Recital.
(d) The Prayer.

13. During the twelfth century, European scholars had flocked to Spain to study ____________.
(a) Christian theology.
(b) Muslim theology.
(c) Jewish theology.
(d) Buddhist theology.

14. In the seventh century CE, Muhammad's tribe was emerging from the obscurity of nomadic life in the desert to ________________.
(a) Mercantile livelihoods.
(b) A life of constant immigration.
(c) A life of successful international trading.
(d) A hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

15. The Greek influence on theology formed the core of the idea of ____________.
(a) Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
(b) God the Father.
(c) A Divine Trinity.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?

2. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.

3. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.

4. When was this account written?

5. The application of their method to the Koran was also influenced by ____________ teachings.

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