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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 revelations warning him of?

2. Which route did the Quraysh and their allies plan to take to Medina in Chapter 59?

3. What dangers did Muhammad turn his attention to in Chapter 69?

4. When the chief of Muharib found Muhammad, what was Muhammad doing?

5. Where did the Quraysh and Muslims agree to meet for battle the following year?

Short Essay Questions

1. While visiting a Jewish tribe, of what did Gabriel inform Muhammad?

2. Who nearly killed Muhammad in Chapter 49, and how was the murder prevented?

3. Why did Muhammad return the goods from the wealthy caravan Zayd intercepted in Chapter 62?

4. Why did Muhammad go after the Qurayzah, and what happened to the people of Bani Qurayzah?

5. What did the small scouting group that Muhammad sent to the Quraysh camp do?

6. What fuelled hatred of the Quraysh in Chapter 58?

7. Who was taken captive after Muhammad's battle with the Hawazin, and what did Muhammad provide for them?

8. What did the Quraysh decide in Chapter 44?

9. What supernatural event occurred when Muhammad arrived in Tabuk?

10. What was Muhammad said to have felt responsible for in Chapter 48?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of judgment. Who was judged and by whom? What examples of divine judgment can be found in the text? How were Muhammad and his followers judged and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Muhammad's life during his early years. What major events took place during this time? How did his early years have an impact on his later life? What was his family life like?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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