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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. 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 Hassan Husein.
(b) Abu Allah Hasid.
(c) Abu Walid ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd.
(d) Abu Ali ibn Sina.

2. Why are theories and philosophies not designed to convince unbelievers?
(a) There were, at that point in time, no people called atheists.
(b) All people were atheists.
(c) There were, at that point in time, no people called agnostics.
(d) All people were Christians.

3. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.
(a) Converted to Christianity.
(b) Threatened to have the Christians exiled.
(c) Attended his first mass.
(d) Tortured Christians.

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

5. What is the belief stated in this doctrine?
(a) The world was created by accident.
(b) The world was created by man.
(c) The world was created by God from nothing.
(d) The world was created by God in seven days.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Armstrong say about the old tribal God standing judgment of the individual?

2. Describe the Faylasufs' notion of God.

3. What does The Koran mean?

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

5. What happens to Sufism during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

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

7. Describe Christian mysticism in Northern Europe.

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

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

10. How did Western secularism and the rising dominance of industrialized European countries have an effect on the Muslim religion?

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