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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Holy Peace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The various groups were united by blood. Why?
(a) It was the easiest form of unity.
(b) They did not want to live any other way.
(c) They knew no other way to survive.
(d) It was the only way they could survive.

2. What does Armstrong believe that a religion should not be judged on the basis of ?
(a) The actions of the masses.
(b) The actions of the extremists.
(c) Its beliefs.
(d) Its religious laws.

3. Christians have been reluctant to acknowledge that Muslims worship the same God as they and the Jews do. What do many of them view Islam as?
(a) A threat.
(b) A joke.
(c) A form of paganism.
(d) A friend of the Christians.

4. Medina had developed to the point where it needed trade. What did Muhammad try to weaken?
(a) The Christian monopoly.
(b) The Jewish monopoly.
(c) The Meccan monopoly.
(d) The Buddhist monopoly.

5. The Quran began to preach what type of treatment for prisoners?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Fair and humane.
(c) Torture.
(d) Unfair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the harassment of Muhammad by the Quraysh result in?

2. Did those emigrating to Medina kill the Meccans in the big caravan at Badr?

3. In 625, Muhammad took another wife, Hafsah. What reason did he have this marriage?

4. What did supporters of Rushdie feel that Islam did?

5. Was Arab unity impossible?

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