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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are most Muslims insulted by the use of the term regarding Muhammad's illiteracy?
(a) They feel that Westerners refuse to believe that Muhammad had a real calling.
(b) They find it to be an inaccurate term.
(c) They do not believe that Muhammad was illiterate.
(d) They are embarrassed that Muhammad was illiterate.

2. Why was Muhammad called the unlettered prophet?
(a) Because he was blind and could not read.
(b) Because of his illiteracy.
(c) Because he could not write or read Arabic.
(d) Because he could not be taught to read.

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

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

5. When pregnant, Muhammad's mother was told something. What was she told?
(a) She was to deliver the lord of the Arabs.
(b) She was to name her child Muhammad.
(c) She would die in childbirth.
(d) She was to have a son.

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

7. Did Muhammad claim any divinity?
(a) No.
(b) Only early in his preaching.
(c) Not at first.
(d) Yes.

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

9. What is Islam seen as a breakaway corrupt version of?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

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

11. What do the Muslim religious authorities think about fatwa and the taking of lives?
(a) It must be done when necessary.
(b) Muhammad would approve of this behavior.
(c) They are illegal and against the teachings of Islam.
(d) They believe these acts are a part of the Quran.

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

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

14. For what reason did shrines represent a place of relaxation and meditation?
(a) It was quiet in the shrines.
(b) The gods looked over the shrines.
(c) There were no other places for relaxation and meditation.
(d) No fighting was allowed in the areas around them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Were there common laws among the tribes?

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

5. How was the Prophet Muhammad viewed?

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