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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. When is this mystical event celebrated?
(a) On the 27 Rajab.
(b) On the 47 Rajab.
(c) On the 37 Rajab.
(d) On the 17 Rajab.
2. Why were these people the first to follow Muhammad?
(a) Because of their desire to share their wealth.
(b) Because of the hope Muhammad's teaching held for them.
(c) Because of their discontent with the Christian church.
(d) Because of their understanding of Muhammad's teachings.
3. His message was to create a just society. What would this society have?
(a) Decent treatment of the disadvantaged and society's wealth was distributed.
(b) Love for all mankind.
(c) Forced conversion.
(d) Religious law.
4. Muhammad and Gabriel climbed the ladder through the seven heavens. Where did they reach?
(a) The Throne of God.
(b) The Throne of the Trinity.
(c) The top heaven.
(d) Jesus' throne.
5. What did many of the Quraysh ask Muhammad's uncle to do?
(a) Kill Muhammad.
(b) Give Muhammad more protection.
(c) Withdraw his protection from Muhammad.
(d) Give Muhammad over to them.
Short Answer Questions
1. People who don't re-order their lives live in _________ God.
2. What did Muhammad believe himself to be?
3. Why was the Quran itself the cause of many conversions at this time?
4. What is the name for Sura 93?
5. Was Arab unity impossible?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Muhammad's first three years of preaching.
2. What took place in 627 to 628?
3. What was decided during the negotiations between Muhammad and the Quraysh?
4. What had happened to Muhammad's power by this point?
5. What did the Quraysh do when Muhammad insisted on the worship of only one God?
6. When did Muhammad decide he could no longer stay in Mecca?
7. What eventually happened to the alliance with the Jews? Why might this have happened?
8. In terms of marriage, what did Muhammad do when his wife died?
9. What did Salman Rushdie publish? What was the reaction to this?
10. 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?
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