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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Into what era was Muhammad born into?
(a) Of a Christian world.
(b) Of fighting in the Arab world.
(c) Of a world of ignorance.
(d) Of hard times in the Arab world.

3. Muhammad sent an emissary, who the Quraysh took as a hostage and then sent word to the Muslims that what had happened?
(a) They had tortured him.
(b) They had converted him.
(c) They had set him free.
(d) They had killed him.

4. What did supporters of Rushdie feel that Islam did?
(a) Was the source of freedom in a Muslim's life.
(b) Terrorized all other groups of people.
(c) Suppressed scholarship and artistic freedom.
(d) Supported scholarship and artistic freedom.

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

6. The angel Gabriel appeared. Who did he take Muhammad to meet in Jerusalem?
(a) Jesus, Moses, Abraham and other prophets.
(b) Ezekiel and Isaiah.
(c) God.
(d) The twelve apostles.

7. Since Muhammad had to fight to achieve his goals, Islam acquired what name?
(a) The religion by the sword.
(b) The religion to be feared.
(c) The religion of Muhammad.
(d) The religion of the powerful.

8. Did Muhammad's early preachings of the Quran teach anything new? `
(a) Yes, many new things.
(b) Yes, one new thing.
(c) Yes, a few new things.
(d) No.

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) To spend time with each other.
(b) To learn more about the Quran.
(c) To witness Muhammad's mystical experiences.
(d) The Quran was meant to be chanted in a group environment and not read in private.

10. While staying at his sister's, what did Muhammad have?
(a) His greatest mystical experience.
(b) A lot of free time.
(c) Doubts and fears.
(d) No mystical experiences.

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

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

13. His message was to create a just society. What would this society have?
(a) Love for all mankind.
(b) Religious law.
(c) Forced conversion.
(d) Decent treatment of the disadvantaged and society's wealth was distributed.

14. Islam is based on the observance of customs or _________.
(a) Orthopraxy.
(b) Orthostatic.
(c) Orthopedic.
(d) Orthodoxy.

15. The Quran was beginning to preach the concept of _________ to preserve decent values.
(a) Just war.
(b) Faith.
(c) Peace.
(d) Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the leaders converted, what did the rest of the tribe do?

2. Muhammad originally saw his purpose as warning the people against ________.

3. What do many believe when Muhammad is knocked unconscious in a battle?

4. The Muslims and the Jews were supposed to live in peace together. What decreed this peace?

5. What did many of the Quraysh ask Muhammad's uncle to do?

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