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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was Salman Rushdie's the first denunciation of the Prophet by a Muslim?
(a) No.
(b) Most likely.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

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

3. With what was conversion to monotheism associated?
(a) Loss of political autonomy and subjugation to imperialistic control.
(b) Rules and laws.
(c) A powerful God.
(d) Unity.

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

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

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

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

8. When did Muhammad have an experience with an angel?
(a) 710.
(b) 810.
(c) 610.
(d) 510.

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

10. What did the Arabs of the time believe in the coming of?
(a) The Messiah.
(b) An Arab prophet.
(c) Jesus.
(d) God.

11. There was more understanding of Islam by the eighteenth century. How did Islam become accepted?
(a) As a form of Judaism.
(b) As a form of Christianity.
(c) As a pagan religion.
(d) As a legitimate religion.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what century was Europe actively fighting Islam?

2. Arab society at this time was characterized by who?

3. Muhammad realized that the Arabs could never be an independent polity unless they were unified. Under what were they unified?

4. The view of the Muslim world changed to one that the Muslim world would never be conquered by war or missionary activities. What did it become important to do?

5. How did Muhammad's revelation differ from other forms of revelation?

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