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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. Is any further development of revelation possible in Christianity?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Rarely.

2. Where did the newly founded religion of Christianity spread quickly?
(a) In Spain.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In the middle east.
(d) Places in the Eastern Mediterranean where the Jews of the diaspora had settled.

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

4. What city did this tribe rule?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Galilea.

5. How is the Kabah regarded?
(a) As the most important shrine in Arabia.
(b) As the most important prayer in Arabia.
(c) As the most important temple in Arabia.
(d) As the most important religious book in Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

2. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine _____________.

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

4. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.

5. The Sufis claimed that they experienced God through ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was tolerance of other religions was not evident in Christian Spain?

2. Describe Muhammad's epiphany.

3. What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate?

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

5. What does Armstrong say about the development of the philosophic theories in the Arab culture during the ninth century?

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

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

8. What ideas were being developed by Jews in Europe at this time?

9. Describe the weakening of Islam during the fifteenth century, as well as a resurgence of conservatism.

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

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