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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.
(a) That he was divine.
(b) That he was only a man.
(c) That he should not have died.
(d) That he was not the Son of God.

2. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.
(a) Augustine.
(b) John.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Paul.

3. The Faylasufs developed an advanced notion of God different from ____________.
(a) That of the Jews.
(b) That of the non-traditional Koran.
(c) That of the Christians.
(d) That of the traditional Koran.

4. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.
(a) Chastity.
(b) Purity.
(c) Charity.
(d) Patience.

5. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?
(a) St. Thomas Aquinas's.
(b) St. Paul's.
(c) St. Peter's.
(d) St. Simon's.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the synod, confusion still reigned in the Christian church with a competing philosophy developing at ________.

2. A consequence of God being presumed to exist as a separate external entity is that he assumes the attributes of _______________.

3. Does the expression "Son of God" bear the same connotation in Hebrew as it does in Greek?

4. Many educated non-Christians were becoming impressed by ____________.

5. What is the belief stated in this doctrine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Zionists?

2. Describe the Faylasufs' notion of God.

3. How was tolerance of other religions was not evident in Christian Spain?

4. Describe the life of Muhammad prior to his epiphany.

5. What does Armstrong say about what the technical and industrial revolution, occurring in the West, had on the beliefs of the three monotheistic religions?

6. What is the Jewish development similar to the "Great Awakening?"

7. What took place despite the conservatism occasioned by the rise of the Shariah laws and the suppression of independent reasoning in the Sunni madrasahs?

8. What happened at Medina?

9. What does Armstrong say about the old tribal God standing judgment of the individual?

10. How did many Jews respond to the Neoplatonic doctrine?

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