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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many believe when Muhammad is knocked unconscious in a battle?
(a) He will be resurrected.
(b) He is injured.
(c) He will not be the same when he wakes.
(d) He had been killed.

2. Those who still opposed Islam tried to do what to Muhammad and his followers?
(a) Run them out of town.
(b) Starve them.
(c) Torture them.
(d) Catch them.

3. What did the harassment of Muhammad by the Quraysh result in?
(a) More converts to Islam.
(b) Less converts to Islam.
(c) More fear of Islam.
(d) Less understanding of the Quran.

4. Why did these people feel threatened by Muhammad and his beliefs?
(a) They feared for their freedom.
(b) They did not want to believe in any god but al-Llah.
(c) Polytheism was a part of their culture and many of the gods represented protection.
(d) Polytheism was foreign to them.

5. The Muslims were being told to take part in the jihad. What is it also known in the West as?
(a) Holy prayer.
(b) Holy water.
(c) Holy peace.
(d) Holy war.

6. When is this mystical event celebrated?
(a) On the 27 Rajab.
(b) On the 37 Rajab.
(c) On the 17 Rajab.
(d) On the 47 Rajab.

7. What group of people did not, in general, accept Muhammad's teachings?
(a) The religious.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) The illiterate.
(d) The poor.

8. For what purpose were most of Muhammad's marriages?
(a) Practical arrangement.
(b) Sexual pleasure.
(c) To end his loneliness.
(d) To have more children.

9. During the first three years of his preaching, Muhammad developed a small group of followers. Why did they meet twice a day for prayer?
(a) The Quran was meant to be chanted in a group environment and not read in private.
(b) To witness Muhammad's mystical experiences.
(c) To learn more about the Quran.
(d) To spend time with each other.

10. People who don't re-order their lives live in _________ God.
(a) Opposition to.
(b) Accordance with.
(c) Respect of.
(d) Peace with.

11. What was the message of Sura 93?
(a) People are to put God first.
(b) People were supposed to care for the disadvantaged.
(c) People are to care for everyone.
(d) People are supposed to have faith in al-Llah.

12. In 1988, Salman Rushdie published his novel called The Satanic Verses. What did Muslims believe?
(a) Rushdie did not care for the West.
(b) The verses should have been published sooner.
(c) Rushdie had adopted the Western view of Muhammad.
(d) Rushdie knew the Quran very well.

13. Mecca's days of power were coming to an end. What did Muhammad still do?
(a) Helped to convert them to Islam.
(b) Wanted to fight the Meccans.
(c) Tortured those who had not converted.
(d) Feared them.

14. When the leaders converted, what did the rest of the tribe do?
(a) They ran away.
(b) They feared their leaders.
(c) They fought their leaders.
(d) They converted.

15. The Muslims and the Jews were supposed to live in peace together. What decreed this peace?
(a) The terms of the covenant into which they entered.
(b) The Jew's law.
(c) Muhammad's law.
(d) God's covenant with the Israelites.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 627-628, what did Muhammad begin to do?

2. His message was to create a just society. What would this society have?

3. What happens to Muhammad when his uncle dies?

4. Islam is based on the observance of customs or _________.

5. Societies eventually evolved to a point where they no longer need __________, which was the case with seventh century Arabia.

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