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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. What did many of the Quraysh ask Muhammad's uncle to do?
(a) Kill Muhammad.
(b) Give Muhammad over to them.
(c) Withdraw his protection from Muhammad.
(d) Give Muhammad more protection.

2. Who were the Meccans unable to get rid of?
(a) Muhammad and the umma.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Yathrib.
(d) The Christians.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Muslims attacked?

2. Societies eventually evolved to a point where they no longer need __________, which was the case with seventh century Arabia.

3. The Quran began to preach what type of treatment for prisoners?

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

5. Muhammad vowed not to leave the area until when?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were the Muslims and Jews supposed to live in peace? What happened to the tribal society? How did this affect others?

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

4. Describe many of the references in the Quran. What is their purpose?

5. Describe the raids done by those who had emigrated to Medina. How did this affect the Quran?

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

7. What was the affect of the Badr?

8. Describe Muhammad's greatest mystical experience.

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

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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