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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of the Prophet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Armstrong, what are most of the Western views of Islam based on?
(a) The lack of knowledge about the religion fueled by reports in the media.
(b) Experiences in the Middle East.
(c) Truth.
(d) Various wars.

2. What do many believe when Muhammad is knocked unconscious in a battle?
(a) He will not be the same when he wakes.
(b) He will be resurrected.
(c) He had been killed.
(d) He is injured.

3. Why was the Quran itself the cause of many conversions at this time?
(a) The Quran was very manipulative.
(b) Many needed something in which to believe.
(c) It was the word of God.
(d) The beauty of the Arabic verses and the chanting attracted them.

4. Medina had developed to the point where it needed trade. What did Muhammad try to weaken?
(a) The Meccan monopoly.
(b) The Christian monopoly.
(c) The Jewish monopoly.
(d) The Buddhist monopoly.

5. Muhammad originally saw his purpose as warning the people against ________.
(a) The power of God.
(b) The evil of their ways.
(c) The evil of the Christians.
(d) The evil of Satan.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of this experience, he began preaching to the Arab world. What did this world consist of?

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

3. The Muslims and the Jews were supposed to live in peace together. What decreed this peace?

4. Those who had emigrated to Medina had to find a way to support themselves, so what did they begin to do?

5. When is every Muslim supposed to make the hajj?

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