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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. Muhammad originally saw his purpose as warning the people against ________.

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

3. Is Jihad one of the five pillars of Islam?

4. Much of the references in the Quran are symbolic. What are the followers encouraged to do?

5. There would be a ________ peace if any one from Mecca who had converted without the consent of his guardians was returned.

Short Essay Questions

1. In terms of marriage, what did Muhammad do when his wife died?

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

3. What is a warner? Why does Muhammad believe that he is one of these?

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

5. What is jihad?

6. What took place in 627 to 628?

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

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

9. What happened to Muhammad in Mecca at this time?

10. Why were many converting to Islam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Meccans were unable to get rid of Muhammad and the umma.

Part 1) Why were they unable to get rid of Muhammad and the umma? How does this affect Meccan society? What does this mean for Muhammad and the umma?

Part 2) What does this mean for Islam and the whole of Arabia?

Part 3) How different might the world today be if Muhammad had not successfully overtaken Mecca? How important was this taken over for Islam?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Many refer to Muhammad as the umma.

Part 1) What is meant by this? Why do they call him this? What do Muslims think about this name? Why do they feel this way?

Part 2) What might Muhammad think about this name? Why? Would this nickname be unusual for the time in which he lived? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this nickname influence Western opinions of Muhammad? Why? What connection exists between this and what many Muslims think of this nickname?

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