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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first Zionists essentially follow a religion without ____________.

2. The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran?

3. The Safavids rose up in Iran, and the Moghul Empire emerged ____________.

4. All three monotheistic religions were forced to develop ____________ traditions?

5. Advances in Western science led to ____________.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Armstrong discusses the development of a personal God.

Part 1) Describe this development, according to Armstrong. Why did a personal God come to be in these three major religions?

Part 2) What is an inherent danger in a personal God? How was this seen throughout history? How is this seen today?

Part 3) Why did the members of these religions feel that a personal God was necessary? How is this still important today?

Essay Topic 2

The first section foreshadows Christianity.

Part 1) How is the advent of Christianity foreshadowed? What role do the Greeks play in the beginnings of Christianity?

Part 2) How do Judaism and Greek ideas blend? How does this blending leading to the Christian religion?

Part 3) How does Philo give evidence of the mixing of Judaism and Greek thinking?

Essay Topic 3

A new conservative Islam arose.

Part 1) Why did this occur? How does this conservative version of Islam compare to previous sects?

Part 2) How did this new Islam change Islam permanently, as well as Muslim relations with other religions and other groups of people?

Part 30 How is this change seen today? Could this conservative sect weaken or change? If so, how? If not, why not?

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