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

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

3. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.
(a) Chastity.
(b) Purity.
(c) Patience.
(d) Charity.

4. Who is a distinguished Muslim philosopher in Cordova, Spain who had an enormous influence on both Jews and Christians and specifically on theologians such as Thomas Aquinas and Albert the Great?
(a) Abu Walid ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd.
(b) Abu Ali ibn Sina.
(c) Abu Hassan Husein.
(d) Abu Allah Hasid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The emergence of the cult of Jesus from the established church of Judaism was accompanied by passionate dispute, and many disciples of Jesus ____________.

3. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.

4. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?

5. To rationalize the shock of his death by crucifixion, his followers subscribed to the belief that ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the results of the Italian Renaissance and the beginning of the scientific discoveries?

2. Describe Muhammad's epiphany.

3. Describe the Faylasufs' notion of God.

4. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?

5. Who questions the existence and relevance of God in the nineteenth century? How do these people question God's existence or relevance?

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

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

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

9. What took place despite the conservatism occasioned by the rise of the Shariah laws and the suppression of independent reasoning in the Sunni madrasahs?

10. Describe mysticism in Judaism.

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