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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are many of the conditions and practices in the Islamic world typical of?
(a) Any modern society.
(b) Pagan cultures.
(c) The beliefs of nomadic tribes.
(d) Any pre-modern society.

2. How was monotheism viewed by the Arabians?
(a) As the right way to believe.
(b) As an unusual belief system.
(c) As a way to unify groups of people.
(d) As a form of control by the imperialists.

3. By what century was Europe actively fighting Islam?
(a) The eleventh.
(b) The thirteenth.
(c) The tenth.
(d) The twelfth.

4. The farmers provided the nomads with food. What did the nomadic tribes provide the farmers with?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Children.
(c) Food.
(d) Protection.

5. Islam was viewed as a _____________ religion.
(a) Unusual.
(b) Strange.
(c) New.
(d) Violent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The various groups were united by blood. Why?

4. How was the Muslim Empire viewed?

5. What is the Western view of Muhammad?

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