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World Religions: Western Traditions, Fourth Edition—Chapter 5

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the “Submit my answers” button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) Orthodox and Mystical
b) Judicial and Prophetic
c) Shi‘a and Sunni
d) Sufi and Hanbali

Question 2:


a) As the autobiography of the Prophet Muhammad
b) As the Word of God
c) As a collection of ethical directives dictated by the Prophet Muhammad
d) As an important historical document for understanding the emergence of their religious tradition

Question 3:


a) Submission
b) Love
c) Faith
d) Righteousness

Question 4:


a) Performs the hajj
b) Studies at a mosque
c) Learns the Five Pillars
d) Recites the shahadah in front of two Muslim witnesses

Question 5:


a) Allah
b) The angel Gabriel
c) Abraham and Ishmael
d) Muhammad and ‘Ali

Question 6:


a) Abu Talib
b) Khadijah
c) Rumi
d) Husayn

Question 7:


a) Muhammad’s miraculous ascension to Heaven
b) Muhammad’s escape to Medina
c) Muhammad’s first revelation experience
d) Muhammad’s conquest of Mecca

Question 8:


a) Imams
b) Shaykhs
c) Caliphs
d) Ulama

Question 9:


a) Halal
b) Mubah
c) Haram
d) Makruh

Question 10:


a) Hajj
b) Salat
c) Shahadah
d) Zakat

Question 11:


a) The death of Husayn
b) The death of ‘Ali
c) The death of Muhammad
d) The death of Khadijah

Question 12:


a) Sufis
b) Sunnis
c) Isma‘ili
d) Iranian

Question 13:


a) Pakistan
b) Indonesia
c) Iran
d) Saudi Arabia

Question 14:


a) Sama‘
b) Ijma‘
c) Ansar
d) Dhikr

Question 15:


a) 1984
b) 1979
c) 1967
d) 2000

Question 16:


a) Ecstatic union with the divine
b) Consensus among scholars
c) Personal reasoning of scholars
d) Recitation of Qur’anic verses

Question 17:


a) Tribal chieftain
b) Shaman
c) Merchant
d) Philosopher

Question 18:


a) Jahiliyah
b) Hubal
c) Manat
d) Haram

Question 19:


a) A wife of the Prophet
b) The daughter of ‘Ali
c) A member of the ulama
d) An early Sufi shaykha

Question 20:


a) Qur’anic commentary
b) The sin of claiming parity with God
c) The charitable tax all Muslims must pay
d) The practice of Islamic calligraphy