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

2. Medina had developed to the point where it needed trade. What did Muhammad try to weaken?
(a) The Jewish monopoly.
(b) The Meccan monopoly.
(c) The Buddhist monopoly.
(d) The Christian monopoly.

3. Why did Muhammad marry Sawdah?
(a) So she could run his household.
(b) He needed a wife.
(c) She was his deceased brother's wife.
(d) He was in love with her.

4. Whose work did a revelation reveal that this apparent concession came from?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Muhammad.

5. Why were the clans against Muhammad's uncle?
(a) He did not trust Muhammad.
(b) He was not a Muslim.
(c) He was a wealthy man.
(d) He kept protecting Muhammad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the early converts?

2. The six pilgrims returned in 622. They met with Muhammad and others in what is known as __________ to discuss the conversion of the tribe.

3. The dispute continued until Muhammad made an apparent concession. To what belief did he make a concession?

4. In 1988, Salman Rushdie published his novel called The Satanic Verses. What did Muslims believe?

5. What did the people of Mecca and Medina continue to attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had happened to Muhammad's power by this point?

2. When did Muhammad decide he could no longer stay in Mecca?

3. What do the Muslims say is the cause for the acceptance of polytheism in the Quran? What happened when Muhammad started to demand monotheism after the removal of the passage regarding polytheism? How did various societies react to this demand?

4. Who were Muhammad's first followers? Why?

5. Describe Muhammad's first three years of preaching.

6. What did Salman Rushdie publish? What was the reaction to this?

7. What happened when the pilgrims from Yathrib returned in 622?

8. What was decided during the negotiations between Muhammad and the Quraysh?

9. Eventually, what happened to families regarding Islam?

10. What did the Quraysh do when Muhammad insisted on the worship of only one God?

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