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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Judaism, mysticism developed in the second and third centuries starting with ____________.
(a) The God Incarnate.
(b) The Throne of God.
(c) The God of Mysticism.
(d) The Throne Mysticism.

2. In the west the Christian form of mysticism rested not on imagery, but on ____________.
(a) The silent, inward experience, where the contemplative had to pass beyond language and the conscious mind.
(b) Speaking in tongues.
(c) Constant prayer and recitation of Scripture.
(d) Dancing and singing.

3. What are becoming more and more prevalent in Europe today?
(a) Islam and Judaism.
(b) Atheism and secular ideas.
(c) Protestantism and Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism and Hinduism.

4. To what common element does Armstrong point in all the progressive developments in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions and, in the same vein, includes the introduction of the Buddhist worship of the Bodhisattvas?
(a) Fear.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Rules.
(d) Obedience.

5. The greatest example of the coming scientific revolution was ____________.
(a) Newton's Law of Gravity.
(b) Da Vinci's study of flight.
(c) Galileo's telescope and his profound insight into the meaning of the earth's place in the universe.
(d) Da Vinci's study of the human body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Muslim influence increased in scope as ____________ gained hold in Asia Minor.

2. The new religion of Deism became known as ____________.

3. Nietzsche proclaimed that God ____________.

4. How did the teachings of the Northern European mystics affect the religious establishment?

5. What question is asked but not answered at the end of this book?

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