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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Satanic Verses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what does Muhammad believe that he is comforted, as he believes after every encounter?
(a) His dead uncle.
(b) The dead Khadijah.
(c) His dead mother.
(d) God.

2. What did Muslims feel that Rushdie's portrayal of the Quran indicate?
(a) Muhammad made a mistake.
(b) Much is missing from Islam and the Quran.
(c) The inability to distinguish between good and evil.
(d) Rushdie knows much about Islam.

3. Those who still opposed Islam tried to do what to Muhammad and his followers?
(a) Catch them.
(b) Run them out of town.
(c) Torture them.
(d) Starve them.

4. Were there any scriptures for Islam?
(a) Very few.
(b) No.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes.

5. What happened when Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses?
(a) The Muslim world ignored him.
(b) Muslims reacted positively.
(c) It caused an uproar in the Muslim world.
(d) The Muslims imprisoned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad?

2. For how long did Muhammad preach?

3. The Arabs had a spiritual life under the muruwah and holy places like the shrines at Mecca and other places. The most important shrine was ________ at Mecca which played an important part in the life of Muhammad and other people.

4. How did the Arabs view both Christianity and Judaism?

5. As a result of this experience, he began preaching to the Arab world. What did this world consist of?

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