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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was Arabia considered to be important to the world powers at this time?
(a) Yes, fairly important.
(b) Yes, very important.
(c) Yes, somewhat important.
(d) No, not important.

2. When did Muhammad die?
(a) June 8, 632.
(b) June 8, 532.
(c) June 8, 832.
(d) June 8, 732.

3. What did muruwah prevent?
(a) Any form of Arab unity.
(b) Famine.
(c) War.
(d) Religion.

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

5. Why did a monk tell his uncle to protect Muhammad?
(a) He would be hated by most people.
(b) He had the mark of prophecy between his shoulder blades.
(c) He was very weak.
(d) He was the Savior of the Arabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christians have been reluctant to acknowledge that Muslims worship the same God as they and the Jews do. What do many of them view Islam as?

2. Arabs made a yearly pilgrimage which began where and proceeded to the shrines of other gods?

3. Muhammad founded a Muslim community. Who eventually accepted this?

4. The farmers provided the nomads with food. What did the nomadic tribes provide the farmers with?

5. Did Muhammad perform miracles like Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Arab life at this time.

2. What happened in 610?

3. According to Armstrong, on what are most Western views of Islam based?

4. What did Muhammad do during the last twenty-three years of his life? Why did he do this?

5. When does the challenge of Islam to the West first begin? How was Islam viewed at that time?

6. How did Muhammad react to his first encounter with the angel Gabriel?

7. What is meant by umma? How did Arabs feel about this? Why?

8. What is known about Muhammad's early life?

9. At this time, what did Arabs think about al-Llah?

10. What happened once Muhammad recited the Quran?

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