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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 Shaybah promise God he would do if he was blessed with many sons?
(a) Take his own life in sacrifice.
(b) Build a temple.
(c) Sacrifice one of them to God.
(d) Teach them to honor God.

2. How did the people of the Quraysh normally respond to new religions?
(a) With tolerance.
(b) With interest.
(c) With suspicion.
(d) With aggression.

3. How did some people come to practice Islam?
(a) They were visited by Gabriel.
(b) They were impressed by Muhammad's life story.
(c) They were coerced by Muhammad's family.
(d) They had dreams and visions that urged them to.

4. Who was Mut'im?
(a) A man sent to kill Muhammad.
(b) Muhammad's son-in-law.
(c) The chief of Nawfal.
(d) A trader from Banu Kilab.

5. Who was the first to enter the rebuilt Ka'bah?
(a) The angel Gabriel.
(b) Abd-Allah.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) The Quraysh leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Muhammad first marry?

2. In Chapter 21, what did Utbah want Muhammad to make him?

3. What plant blocked the cave that Muhammad hid in in Chapter 37?

4. What did Muhammad receive training in in Chapter 11?

5. What did Abu Jahl do to believers of Islam?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, how were many Arabs and Jews said to feel about Muhammad?

2. Along with Muhammad's persecuted followers, who else travelled to Abyssinia?

3. What did the Quraysh consult with Jewish rabbis about?

4. What document did the Quraysh create in Chapter 29?

5. After returning from Heaven with the command from God, what did Moses advise Muhammad?

6. How did the first bloodshed in Islam occur?

7. Who visited Muhammad when he was forty years old?

8. What did Muhammad ask his mother's family for in Chapter 31, and who eventually answered his request?

9. Who was Zayd and what loyalty did Zayd show to Muhammad in Chapter 13?

10. Who were Shaybah's parents, and how did Muttalib come to adopt Shaybah?

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