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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. The application of their method to the Koran was also influenced by ____________ teachings.
(a) Jewish, Gnostic, and Hindu.
(b) Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist.
(c) Persian, Indian, and Gnostic.
(d) Persian, Buddhist, and Hindu.

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

3. What tribe was Muhammad a member of?
(a) Mohecan.
(b) Sunni.
(c) Blackhawk.
(d) Quraysh.

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

5. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.
(a) Nice.
(b) Nicaea.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Cappadocia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the belief stated in this doctrine?

2. The ___________ Empire in the ninth century, Greek science and philosophy exerted a strong influence on Arab culture.

3. The early followers of Jesus prayed _____________.

4. What was the belief in question?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were these three religions forced to develop mystical traditions?

2. What happened at Medina?

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

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

5. What did Galileo discover? What was the result of Galileo's discoveries?

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

7. How did many Jews respond to the Neoplatonic doctrine?

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

9. What does The Koran mean?

10. What does Armstrong say about scientific discoveries, old religious dogmas, and atheism?

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