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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Muhammad the Man of al-Llah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Did Muhammad write the suras of the Quran?
(a) No, because he was illiterate.
(b) No, because he does not speak Arabic.
(c) Yes, he recited and wrote the suras.
(d) Yes, he wrote most of the suras.

2. Who does Armstrong feel that radical Islam is the faith of?
(a) The young.
(b) The ignorant.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) The old.

3. How was the Muslim Empire viewed?
(a) With annoyance.
(b) With fear.
(c) With wonder.
(d) With confusion.

4. In 850, the monk Perfectus denounced the Prophet. Who put him to death?
(a) The Meccans.
(b) The Christians.
(c) The Qadi.
(d) The Jews.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad?

2. What is the Quran a source of information?

3. Muhammad realized that the Arabs could never be an independent polity unless they were unified. Under what were they unified?

4. Where do most of the Western views of Islam come from?

5. To most Westerners, whom does Islam pertain to?

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