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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) A friend of the Christians.
(b) A threat.
(c) A joke.
(d) A form of paganism.

2. What did this angel command him to recite?
(a) A series of laws.
(b) What would become the Quran.
(c) The Bible in Arabic.
(d) Poems.

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

4. What happened when Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses?
(a) It caused an uproar in the Muslim world.
(b) The Muslim world ignored him.
(c) Muslims reacted positively.
(d) The Muslims imprisoned him.

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

6. 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.

7. What empire spread into the Arab lands?
(a) The Persian Empire.
(b) The Islamic Empire.
(c) The Byzantine Empire.
(d) The British Empire.

8. Are many of the views and values of Islam similar to those of Judaism and Christianity?
(a) Yes.
(b) Very few.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) No.

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

10. With the revelation of ____________, he began to believe that he was the Prophet and that God was sending him the messages.
(a)
(b) Sura 93.
(c) Sura 87.
(d) Sura 101.

11. In 850, the monk Perfectus denounced the Prophet. Who put him to death?
(a) The Christians.
(b) The Qadi.
(c) The Meccans.
(d) The Jews.

12. Arab society at this time was characterized by who?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Nomads.
(c) Monks.
(d) Farmers.

13. Why did the Muslim world react this way to The Satanic Verses?
(a) These verses were unimportant.
(b) They gave an unfavorable view of the Prophet.
(c) They gave an unfavorable view of non-Muslims.
(d) They gave a favorable view of the Prophet.

14. 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) Almost the same.
(b) Differently.
(c) Worse.
(d) No differently.

15. 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 Arafat.
(c) In Mount Fuji.
(d) In Mount Hira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the age of the Renaissance result in?

2. What did many scholars like Martin Luther feel that Christianity would be overcome by?

3. During the period of the Crusades, there were many attempts to convert the Muslims to Christianity. Who did the Christians do this with?

4. What does Jahiliyah mean?

5. What do the Muslim religious authorities think about fatwa and the taking of lives?

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