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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. What did Muhammad receive training in in Chapter 11?

2. What was the girl who was carried in Chapter 33 wrapped in?

3. What was the name of Abraham's son by Hagar?

4. What did Shaybah dig with when he thought he had found the site of the well?

5. Who did Zayd meet on a pilgrimmage to Mecca?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 24, who is said to have been among Muhammad's early followers, and who did Muhammad want among his followers?

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

3. After the Muslims of Mecca began to immigrate to Yathrib, what did Abu Jahl propose?

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

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

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

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

8. What happened when the Quraysh began to rebuild the Ka'bah?

9. What is significant about the cup that was passed around in Chapter 17?

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

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 2

Discuss the motif of intolerance. What examples of intolerance can be found in the text? Who was intolerant of whom? Why were they intolerant? How did they express their intolerance? How did their intolerance affect the other party?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of sacrifice. Who sacrificed what in the story? What do these sacrifices tell the reader about these figures? Who did Muhammad often make sacrifices for and why?

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