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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Muhammad live with his uncle?
(a) He was orphaned at an early age and his grandfather died when he was eight.
(b) His parents could not care for him.
(c) He wanted to attend good schools where his uncle lived.
(d) His uncle was the only religious man in the family.

2. How did Muhammad's revelation differ from other forms of revelation?
(a) Through Muhammad, God sent the Arabs the Ten Commandments.
(b) Through Muhammad, God sent the Arabs the Torah.
(c) Through Muhammad, God sent the Arabs scripture in their own language.
(d) Through Muhammad, God sent the Arabs the New Testament.

3. Muhammad realized that the Arabs could never be an independent polity unless they were unified. Under what were they unified?
(a) The preachings of the Bible.
(b) The publishing of the Quran.
(c) The preachings of the Torah.
(d) His preachings.

4. The Ka'aba was central to whose success and development of the wealth of Mecca?
(a) The Quraysh tribe.
(b) The Zoku tribe.
(c) The Quadi tribe.
(d) The Iwi tribe.

5. Where do most of the Western views of Islam come from?
(a) Reading the Quran.
(b) Reports in the media.
(c) Experiences with Muslims in the West.
(d) War experiences.

6. To most Westerners, whom does Islam pertain to?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) The radicals.
(c) The faithful.
(d) The ignorant.

7. During the era of the Crusades, what was Islam viewed as the enemy of?
(a) All people.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Arabian nations.
(d) Christianity.

8. What period does the challenge of Islam to the West date back?
(a) The Roman Empire.
(b) The Ottoman Empire.
(c) The British Empire.
(d) The Persian Empire.

9. Was the published version based on the order in which Muhammad preached the teachings?
(a) Most of it.
(b) Yes.
(c) Very little of it.
(d) No.

10. Is there a great deal of variety in Islam and its practices?
(a) Very little.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Somewhat.

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

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

13. The various groups were united by blood. Why?
(a) They did not want to live any other way.
(b) It was the easiest form of unity.
(c) It was the only way they could survive.
(d) They knew no other way to survive.

14. Did Muhammad write the suras of the Quran?
(a) No, because he was illiterate.
(b) Yes, he recited and wrote the suras.
(c) Yes, he wrote most of the suras.
(d) No, because he does not speak Arabic.

15. What did Muhammad claim was a miracle?
(a) His marriage to Khadija.
(b) Jesus' birth.
(c) The Quran.
(d) His birth

Short Answer Questions

1. When pregnant, Muhammad's mother was told something. What was she told?

2. What is Islam seen as a breakaway corrupt version of?

3. By what does Muhammad believe that he is comforted, as he believes after every encounter?

4. What did the Arabs of the time believe in the coming of?

5. Christians have been reluctant to acknowledge that Muslims worship the same God as they and the Jews do. What do many of them view Islam as?

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