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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A New Direction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the period of the Crusades, there were many attempts to convert the Muslims to Christianity. Who did the Christians do this with?
(a) The Protestants.
(b) The pagans and the Jews.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The pagans.

2. Islam is based on the observance of customs or _________.
(a) Orthostatic.
(b) Orthodoxy.
(c) Orthopedic.
(d) Orthopraxy.

3. His message was to create a just society. What would this society have?
(a) Decent treatment of the disadvantaged and society's wealth was distributed.
(b) Religious law.
(c) Love for all mankind.
(d) Forced conversion.

4. What do the Muslim religious authorities think about fatwa and the taking of lives?
(a) Muhammad would approve of this behavior.
(b) It must be done when necessary.
(c) They believe these acts are a part of the Quran.
(d) They are illegal and against the teachings of Islam.

5. When Muhammad preached, did he have any intention of forming a new religion?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 850, the monk Perfectus denounced the Prophet. Who put him to death?

2. At this time, who was accepted as the one God?

3. There was more understanding of Islam by the eighteenth century. How did Islam become accepted?

4. With the revelation of ____________, he began to believe that he was the Prophet and that God was sending him the messages.

5. The view of the Muslim world changed to one that the Muslim world would never be conquered by war or missionary activities. What did it become important to do?

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