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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. Why did Muhammad marry Sawdah?

2. Whose work did a revelation reveal that this apparent concession came from?

3. Did those emigrating to Medina kill the Meccans in the big caravan at Badr?

4. What did supporters of Rushdie feel that Islam did?

5. Why were these people the first to follow Muhammad?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What took place the year after the negotiations took place?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why were many converting to Islam?

7. What happened after Muhammad moved to Medina?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The law between tribes was called muruwah.

Part 1) Describe this law. How did it affect unity? How did Muhammad change this?

Part 2) How did these tribes react to Muhammad's attempts and eventual success at change? Why? How do we act like these tribes today?

Part 3) What would Muhammad want to change about our society? Why? Could he be successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The author believes that if more people understood the teachings of Islam, the Islamic world would be viewed differently.

Part 1) What does this book teach about Islam? Is this surprising to you? Why or why not?

Part 2) Do you believe most people are interested in understanding Muslim teachings? Why or why not? Would most people be willing to change their views about Islam? Why or why not?

Part 3) What could you do in your own community to change the views of Islam and to show the similarities between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?

Essay Topic 3

After Muhammad's death, Islam grew.

Part 1) What took place in Islam after Muhammad's death? How does this reinforce Muhammad's importance in the Muslim religion and culture?

Part 2) How has Islam grown since Muhammad's death? Why is it so successful? How has this success affected other religious groups?

Part 3) What is the cause of radical Muslim groups? Do they follow the Quran? Why or why not? Is there anything that can be done to find peace between these extremist groups and other faiths? Why or why not?

Part 4) What extremist groups exist in other religions? How have these groups come to be? How do they compare to the Islamic extremists? Do these groups practice their faith in a way the faith should be practiced? Why or why not? How do they influence the relationships between various religious and cultural groups? What might the founders of these religions feel about these fundamentalist groups? Why?

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