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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Quraysh debate about at almost every gathering?
(a) Destroying Mecca's holy sites.
(b) Taking the tribe to another area.
(c) Raising an army.
(d) What to do with Muhammad.

2. What did some parents do when their children followed Muhammad?
(a) Disowned them.
(b) Sacrificed them to God.
(c) Disinherited them.
(d) Imprisoned them.

3. In the end, how many daily prayers became the creed of Islam?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

4. In Chapter 31, where did Muhammad take refuge?
(a) In the mosque.
(b) At Ka'bah.
(c) In a cave.
(d) At the camp of a Bedouin tribe.

5. What did Utbah say had happened to the tribe due to Muhammad's teachings?
(a) The tribe had lost its wealth.
(b) The tribe had become the target of violence.
(c) The tribemembers had become a closer knit group.
(d) A rift had formed in the tribe.

6. What did the angel get Muhammad to do before leaving in Chapter 15?
(a) Sacrifice a lamb.
(b) Light a fire.
(c) Recite a verse.
(d) Kneel before him.

7. What did Muhammad receive training in in Chapter 11?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Weaponry.
(d) Astrology.

8. In Chapter 1, what did God tell Abraham about his descendants?
(a) That they will be wise.
(b) That they will be powerful.
(c) That they will carry God's word.
(d) That they will be many.

9. What was the location where the well sprang up later called?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Ka'bah.
(c) Jericho.
(d) Tebuk.

10. Why did Sarah make Hagar and her son leave the household?
(a) Sarah was jealous of Hagar.
(b) Hagar had stolen from Abraham.
(c) Hagar's son had threatened Sarah.
(d) Sarah suspected Hagar of infidelity.

11. From fear of Islam, what rumor did people start to spread about Muhammad?
(a) That Muhammad was a sorcerer.
(b) That Muhammad was an angel.
(c) That Muhammad was a murderer.
(d) That Muhammad was a demon.

12. In Chapter 32, how many times a day was Muhammad originally commanded to pray?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Five.
(d) Eighteen.

13. What did Shaybah dig with when he thought he had found the site of the well?
(a) A shovel.
(b) His hands.
(c) An axe.
(d) A coconut shell.

14. What made Muhammad sad in Chapter 24?
(a) That his teachings caused rifts in his family.
(b) The death of his first wife.
(c) That there were so many poor people in Mecca.
(d) That few people believed he was a Prophet.

15. Which members of Muhammad's family did not practice Islam in Chapter 17?
(a) His cousins.
(b) His uncles.
(c) His children.
(d) His wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abd Allah while the enemy army was present?

2. What did neighboring pagans bring to the area of the well?

3. What did the envoys from Mecca tell the Negus that Muhammad lied about?

4. How old was A'ishah when her marriage to Muhammad took place?

5. What happened to the cup that was passed at dinner in Chapter 17?

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