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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his first encounter with the angel Gabriel, how did Muhammad react?
(a) He was terrified and wanted to commit suicide.
(b) He was confused.
(c) He became mute.
(d) He was strengthened.

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

3. 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) Truth.
(c) Experiences in the Middle East.
(d) Various wars.

4. 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.

5. Muhammad founded a Muslim community. Who eventually accepted this?
(a) The Arab world.
(b) The Christian world.
(c) The Buddhist world.
(d) The Jewish world.

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

7. 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.

8. What did Muhammad use to force people to convert to Islam?
(a) Money.
(b) His sword.
(c) Threats of damnation.
(d) Threats.

9. The views that the Europeans developed during the period of the Crusades carried over into the present day and became intensified as what happened?
(a) The followers of Islam developed an understanding of the West.
(b) The followers of Christ developed a hatred of the Middle East.
(c) The followers of Christ developed an understanding of the Middle East.
(d) The followers of Islam developed a hatred of the West.

10. Why did a monk tell his uncle to protect Muhammad?
(a) He would be hated by most people.
(b) He was very weak.
(c) He was the Savior of the Arabs.
(d) He had the mark of prophecy between his shoulder blades.

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are most Muslims insulted by the use of the term regarding Muhammad's illiteracy?

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

3. By what century was Europe actively fighting Islam?

4. How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad?

5. By the time of Muhammad's birth, there were three different divisions within his tribe. What were they based upon?

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