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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. Where did Muhammad go and fall asleep in Chapter 32?

2. How many children did Muhammad have with his first wife?

3. What were the believers of Muhammad disappointed by in Chapter 24?

4. Who was Sarah?

5. How many days did Muhammad stay in Medina in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 25, what did people argue God would do if he needed to give a message to humanity?

4. Who did Muhammad marry and how did they meet?

5. Where did Muhammad travel with Gabriel and who did he meet in Chapter 32?

6. Why was Muhammad sent back to Mecca, and who became his guardian there?

7. Why did Umar want to kill Muhammad, and what stopped him from doing so?

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

9. In Chapter 11, how did the Quraysh get involved in a war and what role did Muhammad play in it?

10. What did Halimah's sons tell her they had witnessed happening to Muhammad and what did Muhammad remember about the event?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret Muhammad's visions. What did he envision? What angel came to visit him on numerous occasions? Why was Muhammad visited by the angel? What messages did the angel give him? How did these visions affect Muhammad's path in life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the supernatural events with which Muhammad is connected. Analyze and interpret each event and Lings depiction of the events. Does Ling believe that they took place? Do followers of Islam believe that they took place? How did these events affect Muhammad's task of convincing others to believe in his message?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of persecution.What are some examples of persecution in the text? Why were Muhammad and his followers persecuted? How were they persecuted? How did they retaliate?

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