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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 is the Western view of Muhammad?
(a) He was a prophet.
(b) He was the Messiah for the Arabs.
(c) He was Jesus' friend.
(d) He was an impostor who tried to deceive the world by portraying himself as a prophet.

2. How was the Prophet Muhammad viewed?
(a) As the Great Prophet.
(b) As the Great.
(c) As the Great Pretender.
(d) As the Great Leader.

3. Why did a monk tell his uncle to protect Muhammad?
(a) He was very weak.
(b) He had the mark of prophecy between his shoulder blades.
(c) He would be hated by most people.
(d) He was the Savior of the Arabs.

4. The views that the Europeans developed during the period of the Crusades carried over into the present day and became intensified as what happened?
(a) The followers of Islam developed a hatred of the West.
(b) The followers of Islam developed an understanding of the West.
(c) The followers of Christ developed a hatred of the Middle East.
(d) The followers of Christ developed an understanding of the Middle East.

5. Muhammad was asking the people to break with ____________ and they were reluctant to do so.
(a) Their families.
(b) Their religious leaders.
(c) The past.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Muhammad when his uncle dies?

2. When the harassment of the Muslims began again, what did the Muslims do?

3. With what was conversion to monotheism associated?

4. According to Armstrong, what are most of the Western views of Islam based on?

5. Why did Muhammad marry Sawdah?

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