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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did this angel command him to recite?
(a) The Bible in Arabic.
(b) A series of laws.
(c) What would become the Quran.
(d) Poems.

2. In response to Sura 93, what did Muhammad do?
(a) He kept quiet for two years.
(b) He began to pray to God.
(c) He studied the Torah.
(d) He began his mission in 612.

3. Whose work did a revelation reveal that this apparent concession came from?
(a) Satan.
(b) God.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) Jesus.

4. 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 pagans and the Jews.
(b) The pagans.
(c) The Protestants.
(d) The Jews.

5. With what was conversion to monotheism associated?
(a) A powerful God.
(b) Rules and laws.
(c) Unity.
(d) Loss of political autonomy and subjugation to imperialistic control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led the author to look at the religion and at the Prophet Muhammad?

2. This section examines ___________ the Prophet Muhammad and looks at how it developed.

3. To whom was loyalty due in the various groups?

4. How much is known about the early life of Muhammad?

5. Muhammad and Gabriel climbed the ladder through the seven heavens. Where did they reach?

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