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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the age of the Renaissance result in?
(a) More fighting.
(b) More objectivity as thinkers tried to develop an understanding of the Muslim world.
(c) Less objectivity as thinkers were persecuted for defending the Muslims.
(d) Less negotiations, because the Christians decided to go to war instead.

2. How was monotheism viewed by the Arabians?
(a) As a form of control by the imperialists.
(b) As a way to unify groups of people.
(c) As an unusual belief system.
(d) As the right way to believe.

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

4. Many refer to Muhammad as ________ or unlettered prophet.
(a) The inna.
(b) The unna.
(c) The ermma.
(d) The umma.

5. When Muhammad preached, did he have any intention of forming a new religion?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

7. What are many of the conditions and practices in the Islamic world typical of?
(a) Any modern society.
(b) Pagan cultures.
(c) The beliefs of nomadic tribes.
(d) Any pre-modern society.

8. There are many stories surrounding Muhammad's youth. Are any documented?
(a) No, none.
(b) Yes, many.
(c) Yes, a few.
(d) Yes, one.

9. What are the suras?
(a) God's teachings or rules on various subjects.
(b) Jesus' words to His disciples.
(c) Prayers.
(d) St. Paul's letters to the people of Christ.

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

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

12. As a result of this experience, he began preaching to the Arab world. What did this world consist of?
(a) One large nation.
(b) A variety of tribes without any unified laws.
(c) Several unified tribes.
(d) Several small countries.

13. When did Muhammad die?
(a) June 8, 832.
(b) June 8, 732.
(c) June 8, 632.
(d) June 8, 532.

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

15. What led the author to look at the religion and at the Prophet Muhammad?
(a) The Quran.
(b) Doing mission work in the Middle East.
(c) Staying with a Muslim family.
(d) The inaccurate Western views.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Did Muhammad write the suras of the Quran?

3. Islam was viewed as a _____________ religion.

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

5. Why did a monk tell his uncle to protect Muhammad?

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