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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Muhammad insisted on the worship of only one God, what happened among the Quraysh?
(a) Trouble broke out.
(b) Protests.
(c) The shunning of Muhammad.
(d) Peace.

2. 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.

3. People made the hijra when they left their tribe and joined the umma. What is the umma?
(a) The trading system.
(b) The new religious group.
(c) The political circle of Medina.
(d) The new community unit.

4. In Medina, he began to work for Arab unity. What happened to the Quran?
(a) It was not as useful as in the past.
(b) It began to change as Muhammad became more involved in political issues.
(c) It stayed the same.
(d) It began to become outdated.

5. Muhammad would return to Mecca the next year for the Hajj, and the Quraysh would do what for the three days that the Muslims were there?
(a) Stay in hiding.
(b) Join them peacefully.
(c) Stay silent.
(d) Vacate the city.

6. When was Muhammad successful?
(a) After the move to Medina.
(b) Before his move to Medina.
(c) After the conversion of all in Mecca.
(d) Right before his death.

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

8. What did the Meccans knew they had to prevent Muhammad from doing?
(a) Entering their city.
(b) Living.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Leaving the city.

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

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

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

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

13. Those who had emigrated to Medina had to find a way to support themselves, so what did they begin to do?
(a) Educate their young.
(b) Stage raids on the caravans going to and from Mecca.
(c) Open various shops to sell their wares.
(d) Leave Medina.

14. What is the name for Sura 93?
(a) The Sura of the Night.
(b) The Sura of the Poor.
(c) The Sura of God.
(d) The Sura of the Morning.

15. A belief in one God would bring what to the life of the believer?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Purity.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Muhammad marry Sawdah?

2. What did Muhammad believe himself to be?

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

4. What group of people did not, in general, accept Muhammad's teachings?

5. What did supporters of Rushdie feel that Islam did?

(see the answer keys)

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