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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A New Direction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Were there common laws among the tribes?
(a) Yes, many.
(b) None except that deaths were avenged by killing an equal number of members of the murderers' tribe.
(c) No, none.
(d) Yes, a few.

2. What did supporters of Rushdie feel that Islam did?
(a) Suppressed scholarship and artistic freedom.
(b) Supported scholarship and artistic freedom.
(c) Was the source of freedom in a Muslim's life.
(d) Terrorized all other groups of people.

3. While staying at his sister's, what did Muhammad have?
(a) No mystical experiences.
(b) A lot of free time.
(c) His greatest mystical experience.
(d) Doubts and fears.

4. When pregnant, Muhammad's mother was told something. What was she told?
(a) She was to name her child Muhammad.
(b) She was to have a son.
(c) She was to deliver the lord of the Arabs.
(d) She would die in childbirth.

5. The Muslims and the Jews were supposed to live in peace together. What decreed this peace?
(a) Muhammad's law.
(b) God's covenant with the Israelites.
(c) The terms of the covenant into which they entered.
(d) The Jew's law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people did not, in general, accept Muhammad's teachings?

2. What led to so many executions for both Muslims and Christians?

3. Did Muhammad's early preachings of the Quran teach anything new? `

4. What did Muslims feel that Rushdie's portrayal of the Quran indicate?

5. What happens to Muhammad when his uncle dies?

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