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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of God?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.
(a) Jesus was the first and last Word of God.
(b) Jesus was the first Word of God.
(c) Jesus was the last Word of God.
(d) Jesus was not of our world.

2. What did this message lead to?
(a) A rift with the Quraysh in Mecca.
(b) A rift with the Sunnis in Mecca.
(c) An agreement with the Faylasufs.
(d) An agreement with the Quraysh in Mecca.

3. The Falsafa movement reached its peak with the work of ____________.
(a) Abu Allah Hasid.
(b) Abu Walid ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd.
(c) Abu Ali ibn Sina.
(d) Abu Hassan Husein.

4. The development of conflicting philosophies of the nature and existence of God took place against the backdrop of ____________.
(a) The First Crusade.
(b) The Second Crusade.
(c) The Third Crusade.
(d) The Fourth Crusade.

5. A counter movement came into being when the Shiis declared ____________.
(a) God's presence on earth was embodied in some mysterious way by their Imams.
(b) God's presence on earth was in the form of a man named Jesus.
(c) God did not exist.
(d) War on the Faylasufs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are theories and philosophies not designed to convince unbelievers?

2. The Faylasufs developed an advanced notion of God different from ____________.

3. Despite the conservatism occasioned by the rise of _____________ and the suppression of independent reasoning in the Sunni madrasahs, scholars, such as Mulla Sadr (ca 1571-1640), taught a philosophy that fused metaphysics and spirituality.

4. Muhammad instructed his followers to prostrate themselves in the direction of the Kabah in Mecca instead of at ____________.

5. The Greek influence on theology formed the core of the idea of ____________.

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