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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what has Western behavior in the Islamic world led?
(a) The development of Muslim extremists.
(b) Unity between the West and Middle East.
(c) Peace.
(d) The development of understanding between the West and the Islamic world.

2. By what does Muhammad believe that he is comforted, as he believes after every encounter?
(a) His dead mother.
(b) God.
(c) The dead Khadijah.
(d) His dead uncle.

3. What led to so many executions for both Muslims and Christians?
(a) Friendly fire.
(b) Both Christians and Muslims viewed the other as the infidel.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Misunderstanding.

4. Did Muhammad perform miracles like Jesus?
(a) Yes, a few.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) Yes, one.

5. The grandfather took the newborn to Ka'aba. What was he told upon his arrival?
(a) He would be intelligent.
(b) He would be wealthy.
(c) He would be a great man.
(d) He would die at an old age.

6. Were there common laws among the tribes?
(a) Yes, a few.
(b) Yes, many.
(c) No, none.
(d) None except that deaths were avenged by killing an equal number of members of the murderers' tribe.

7. If more people understood the teachings of the religion instead of the teachings and practices of the radicals, how would the Islamic world be viewed?
(a) Differently.
(b) No differently.
(c) Worse.
(d) Almost the same.

8. For how long did Muhammad preach?
(a) The next twenty years.
(b) The next fifteen years.
(c) The next ten years.
(d) The next twenty-three years.

9. Muhammad followed his religion and made the yearly spiritual retreat to a cave. Where was this cave?
(a) In Mount St. Helens.
(b) In Mount Fuji.
(c) In Mount Arafat.
(d) In Mount Hira.

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

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

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

13. By what century was Europe actively fighting Islam?
(a) The tenth.
(b) The eleventh.
(c) The twelfth.
(d) The thirteenth.

14. After reading the Quran, who did Luther feel was the real enemy?
(a) The Jews.
(b) Islam.
(c) The Catholic Church and the pope.
(d) Buddhism.

15. In the Quran, what is presented first?
(a) The simplist suras.
(b) The shortest suras.
(c) The longest suras.
(d) The first messages Muhammad received.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people have taken the time to study Islam and learn its teachings?

2. The Arabs had a spiritual life under the muruwah and holy places like the shrines at Mecca and other places. The most important shrine was ________ at Mecca which played an important part in the life of Muhammad and other people.

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

4. The Ka'aba was central to whose success and development of the wealth of Mecca?

5. Are many of the views and values of Islam similar to those of Judaism and Christianity?

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