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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A similar intellectual movement developed among the Jews in the Islamic empire who did not accept the doctrine of ____________.
(a) The Neopolitan.
(b) The Neoplatonic.
(c) The Neoclassical.
(d) The Metropolitan.

2. When was this account written?
(a) One hundred years after Jesus' death.
(b) Ten years after Jesus' death.
(c) Eighty years after Jesus' death.
(d) Forty years after Jesus' death.

3. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.
(a) John.
(b) Paul.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Jesus.

4. 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 temple in Arabia.
(d) As the most important shrine in Arabia.

5. There was now an emergence of Muslim studies in the fields of ____________.
(a) Astrology, alchemy, and art.
(b) Music, art, and literature.
(c) Art, science, and technology.
(d) Astronomy, alchemy, medicine, and mathematics.

6. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?
(a) Aquinas and Augustine.
(b) Arius and Anathasius.
(c) Arius and Aquinas.
(d) Augustine and Aurelius.

7. 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 trusted him.
(d) They were permanently hostile to him.

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

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

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

11. 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 should not have died.
(c) That he was only a man.
(d) That he was divine.

12. A counter movement came into being when the Shiis declared ____________.
(a) God's presence on earth was embodied in some mysterious way by their Imams.
(b) War on the Faylasufs.
(c) God did not exist.
(d) God's presence on earth was in the form of a man named Jesus.

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

14. Other religious traditions such as the Buddhist tradition insist that the Absolute is ______________.
(a) Non-existent.
(b) A human being.
(c) An intrinsic part of human nature.
(d) A separate entity.

15. At this synod, the modern Christian creed, called ________ was first promulgated.
(a) The Nicaea Creed.
(b) The Constantine Creed.
(c) The Nice Creed.
(d) The Nicene Creed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Initially, Muhammad's message was to warn the Quraysh about ____________.

3. Thomas Aquinas made a lasting contribution to Western Christianity by trying to synthesize ____________.

4. The Falsafa movement reached its peak with the work of ____________.

5. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.

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