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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early years of his mission, Muhammad gathered many converts, especially from among ____________.
(a) The older generation.
(b) Female groups.
(c) The non-Muslim generation.
(d) The younger generation.

2. What vision did Muhammad experience?
(a) A vision of Jesus.
(b) A vision of God.
(c) A vision of the Angel Gabriel.
(d) A vision of Satan.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. They tried to show that al-Lah was compatible with ____________.

2. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.

3. The earliest account of this man's life is found ____________.

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

5. The Faylasufs developed an advanced notion of God different from ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Armstrong say about Islam after Muhammad's death?

2. What does The Koran mean?

3. What is the Jewish development similar to the "Great Awakening?"

4. What does Armstrong say about the Sufis and Abu Walid ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd?

5. What discontent exists in the world of Judaism at this time?

6. What led to a rift with the Quraysh? To what did this rift lead?

7. What strong religious movements does Armstrong see growing in strength today? What does she think about this?

8. Why was the idea of a personal God developed by all three of the monotheistic religions? What are its dangers?

9. Describe Bernard, the abbot of the Cistercian Abby of Clarivaux in Burgundy.

10. What are the differences regarding mysticism in the Christian church?

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