110A Quiz the Rise of Islam
1. The ruling member of a Bedouin tribe was called the
a. majlis.
b. jihad.
c. sheikh.
d. Ka'aba.
e. imam.
2. The Ka'aba
a. was a group of sacred stones revered by the Bedouin tribes, each of which possessed one.
b. was the shrine in Mecca containing a large black meteorite, originally belonging to the Quarash tribe but becoming the Islamic Shrine with Muhammad’s conversion.
c. represented the monotheism of the Bedouins.
d. was Allah's representative Arab priesthood.
e. was the male initiation ceremony when one formally became an adult.
3. Muhammad began the solitary meditations during which he received the revelations underlying Islam because of
a. a dispute with his wife.
b. his desire to expand his knowledge of the message of Allah.
c. the difficulties created in his mind by the corrupt and decadent society of his day.
d. the call of the angel Gabriel.
e. his desire to convert the people of Mecca to Islam.
4. The Koran, or Qur'an,
a. is the book containing the holy scriptures of Zoroastrianism.
b. contained the guidelines by which a Hindu was to live.
c. was derived from the revelations of Muhammad.
d. means, literally, "acceptance."
e. was first written in 776 C.E.
5. The term jihad
a. was the formal name of the Arab Grand Council.
b. was a form of political exploitation strongly denounced by Muhammad.
c. was the early term used to describe the Prime Force.
d. refers to the big internal struggle to act morally and justly and the small jihad that refers to external political struggles.
e. was a large grey rock located in Yathrib.
6. According to Islamic belief
a. Muhammad created the concept of Allah.
b. Muhammad was the last prophet of Allah, not Christ
c. the teachings of Jesus and Moses are incorrect and immoral.
d. Allah ordained that Muhammad was a subordinate God.
e. there is no afterlife for the individual.
7. Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a. prayer.
b. fasting
c. pilgrimage or haj to Mecca if or when possible.
d. belief in Allah and Muhammad as his Prophet.
e. alms giving
8. Caliph (or khalifa) literally means
a. prophet.
b. judge.
c. warrior.
d. successor.
e. religious lawyer.
9. The theoretical purpose of the jihad was to
a. maintain peak military readiness.
b. wage holy war against all other Muslims on the Arabian peninsula.
c. broaden Muslim hegemony throughout Africa and Europe.
d. strive in the way of the Lord whether internally or externally.
e. massacre all Jews and Christians.
10. Muhammad's teachings
a. stressed that Islam was not just a religion but also a way of life.
b. required all Muslims to follow the Six Suras and the Seven Pillars.
c. accepted polygyny, but permitted men to take only one wife.
d. were entirely theological with almost no ethical nor moral aspects.
e. were propagated in Greek to make them more understandable in the non-Arab world.
11. Under the Umayyad Dynasty
a. Ethiopia became an Islamic state.
b. the Islamic Arab empire expanded enormously as it became a conquering empire.
c. Iraqi Shi'ite and Sunnite forces became united.
d. internal authority was strengthened by the propriety of the caliphs' behavior.
e. Constantinople was captured in 711.
12. The Muslim sect who were the "partisans of Ali" are the
a. Sunnis.
b. Shi'ites.
c. Sufis.
d. Kurds.
e. "orthodox".
13. The Seljuk Turks
a. provoked the Byzantine request for European aid that led to the Crusades.
b. brought a permanent halt to the conflict between the Sunnites and the Shi'ites.
c. temporarily abandoned the guidelines of the Koran to reconcile the Byzantines to Turkish rule.
d. conquered Constantinople in 1453.
e. were defeated by a revived Persian Empire.
14. Manifestations of the Islamic principle of equality were seen in
a. governmental hostility to all merchants.
b. the Muslim policy regarding reincarnation.
c. the treatment of women in the Muslim society.
d. the uniformity of housing across the Muslim social strata.
e. all were equal in the eyes of Allah.
15. The major Muslim outpost in Europe also know as the Iberian Peninsula was
a. the Maghreb.
b. Andalusia.
c. Savoy.
d. Attica.
e. the Rhineland.
16. A primary contribution of Arab scholarship was the
a. creation of original contributions in the areas of astrophysics and geology.
b. preservation and dissemination of the science and philosophies of ancient civilizations.
c. establishment of the university system of study.
d. discovery of the rings of Saturn.
e. invention of paper.
17. TRUE(A)/FALSE(B) In pre-Islamic times, the Arabs were polytheistic, with a supreme god known as Allah presiding over other gods and spirits.
18. TRUE(A)/FALSE(B) Saladin was the Muslim leader who recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187.