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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) The Muslims imprisoned him.
(d) Muslims reacted positively.

4. Were there any scriptures for Islam?
(a) No.
(b) Very few.
(c) Some.
(d) Yes.

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

6. In what century did an Arab merchant named Muhammad live in Mecca?
(a) The seventh.
(b) The eighth.
(c) The ninth.
(d) The sixth.

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

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

9. What is the Quran a source of information?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) The history of Muhammad's Islamic community.
(c) The history of Muhammad's life.
(d) The New Testament.

10. How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad?
(a) In one large message.
(b) In piecemeal version.
(c) In two mystical experiences.
(d) In a cave in Saudi Arabia.

11. What does Jahiliyah mean?
(a) The period of pain.
(b) The period of ignorance.
(c) The period of understanding.
(d) The period of sadness.

12. How did the Arabs view both Christianity and Judaism?
(a) With fear.
(b) With suspicion.
(c) As brothers in faith.
(d) As unusual religions.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Was Arabia considered to be important to the world powers at this time?

2. What led the author to look at the religion and at the Prophet Muhammad?

3. Muhammad founded a Muslim community. Who eventually accepted this?

4. After his first encounter with the angel Gabriel, how did Muhammad react?

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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