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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was more understanding of Islam by the eighteenth century. How did Islam become accepted?

2. Did Muhammad perform miracles like Jesus?

3. With the revelation of ____________, he began to believe that he was the Prophet and that God was sending him the messages.

4. What is Islam seen as a breakaway corrupt version of?

5. The Ka'aba was central to whose success and development of the wealth of Mecca?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the feelings of Europeans towards Muslims developed since the initial fear and hatred began? What has caused this development? To what have these feelings towards Muslims led?

2. How did Muhammad's revelation differ from other forms of revelation?

3. What happened regarding Islam in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

4. Describe what is known about Muhammad and the Muslim world prior to 610.

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

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

7. Describe the Quraysh tribe.

8. How did Muhammad compare to Jesus?

9. What happens when Salman Rushdie publishes The Satanic Verses? How is this act a reminder of other acts against Islam by Muslims?

10. According to Armstrong, where do most Western views of Islam stem from? What facts does she give about Islam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The most important shrine at Mecca was the Ka'aba.

Part 1) Why was this shrine the most important? Why were shrines important? How did Muhammad use this shrine to support his preaching? Why did he do this?

Part 2) What places of worship are important in other religions? Compare these places to the Islamic shrines. What do they all have in common?

Part 3) What places in your life are important? Why are they important? How do you benefit from them?

Essay Topic 2

Muhammad and his followers were persecuted.

Part 1) How were they persecuted? Why were they persecuted?

Part 2) How did Muhammad and his followers survive this persecution and end up successfully converting much of Arabia to Islam? How is persecution found in other religions? Why?

Part 3) Why do humans feel the need to try to forcefully control others? Will this ever end? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

The age of the Renaissance resulted in more objectivity.

Part 1) Describe the age of the Renaissance. How were Judaism, Islam, and Christianity affect by the Renaissance? Why?

Part 2) Does this objectivity continue beyond the Renaissance? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) Does some of this objectivity exist today? If so, how? If not, why not?

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