Chapter 5 | Student Practice Quizzes

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Question 1:

Islam belongs to which family of faiths?
a) Zoroastrian
b) Abrahamic
c) Assyrian
d) Carolingian

Question 2:

Ishmail was ________.
a) the first convert to Islam, a follower of Muhammad
b) the husband of Muhammad’s daughter and a community leader
c) the brother of Isaac and forebear of the Islamic nation
d) the slave freed by Abraham when he heard the word of God

Question 3:

As of 2001, the number of Muslims in Canada was roughly ________.
a) 1.2 million
b) 125, 000
c) 600,000
d) 950,000

Question 4:

Projections suggest that the Muslim population of Canada in 2017 may be roughly ________.
a) 3 million
b) 400,000
c) 5, 500,000
d) 1.5 million

Question 5:

To be a Muslim can mean to ________.
a) belong to a faith community
b) live in a community governed by Islamic law.
c) Both A and B.
d) None of the above.

Question 6:

The Kaaba was originally ________.
a) a building that housed the idols of hundreds of tribal gods
b) the place where Muhammad was born
c) the well that Hagar and Ishmael were guided to by God
d) the parliamentary seat of the Meccan government

Question 7:

Muslims consider the attribute which was most lacking in the time before Muhammad to be ________.
a) bravery in the face of danger
b) respect for ones parents
c) fear of God
d) moral responsibility to the community

Question 8:

Muhammad was born in the year ________.
a) 33 CE
b) 570 CE
c) 1008 CE
d) 487 CE

Question 9:

Importantly, the Constitution of Medina clarified ________.
a) the proper relationship between Muslim and non-Muslim communities
b) the rights and duties of an Islamic government
c) the theological faults of the previously dominant pagan religions
d) the conditions under which victory or defeat in battle could be declared

Question 10:

What dispute most threatened the survival of the early Muslim community?
a) disagreement over the way to treat non-Muslims
b) disagreement over the role of women in the new Islamic governments
c) disagreement over the appropriate successor to Muhammad
d) disagreement over the direction in which a Muslim should face while praying

Question 11:

The first successor to Muhammad’s leadership position in the Muslim community was ________.
a) Abu Hassan
b) Ali
c) Abu Bakr
d) Al Farrabi

Question 12:

The Quranic verse (Q. 24:30–31) which is used to interpret the appropriate dress for Muslim women instructs all women to ________.
a) dress and behave modestly
b) speak to men from behind a partition
c) cover their hair and their legs down to the ankle-bone
d) speak to men only with the permission of a male family member

Question 13:

There is a Hadith which states that God will send to this ummah at the head of each century those who will renew its faith for it. The term for ‘renewal’ is ________.
a) Zakat
b) Ijma
c) Islah
d) Tajdid

Question 14:

Which modern war made many Muslims question whether they had been unfaithful to Islamic principles and lacking in faith?
a) World War II
b) The Six-Day War
c) The Yugoslavian Conflict
d) The Iran-Iraq war

Question 15:

The word jihad means ________.
a) struggle
b) consolation
c) war
d) uprising

Question 16:

What means did Muhammad use to defeat the Meccans and unite the tribes of Arabia under the banner of Islam?
a) Force
b) Diplomacy
c) Force and Diplomacy
d) None of the above.

Question 17:

The proportions of Sunnis and Shiahs respectively are ________.
a) 75 to 25
b) 35 to 65
c) 85 to 15
d) 95 to 5

Question 18:

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a) Fasting
b) Prayer
c) Zakat
d) Ijma

Question 19:

The Wahhabi movement in Islam advocates the form of Islam found in ________.
a) Iran
b) Syria
c) Egypt
d) Saudi Arabia

Question 20:

Islamic modernist movements challenged conservative religious establishments by ________.
a) demanding the admission of women into universities
b) asserting the right of individuals to interpret doctrine contextually
c) authorizing the translation of the Quran into foreign languages
d) requiring new standards for the training of imams in religious schools

Question 21:

Sayed Qutb maintained that ________.
a) the creation of an Islamic system of government was a divine command
b) the Quran required Muslims to live under the laws of the countries in which they resided
c) Islam does not provide a basis for violent action
d) the modernist reinterpretations of Muslim doctrine would help create a vibrant and dynamic Muslim Rennaissance

Question 22:

While an ‘Islamic state’ is a state which bases itself on the Quran, a ‘Muslim state’ is one in which ________.
a) only civil processes are governed by Islamic law
b) educational systems are based on Islamic guidelines
c) the majority of the population is Muslim
d) Islam is the official state religion.

Question 23:

Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs shared by contemporary Islamic activists?
a) Muslims must return to the Quran and Prophet, by introducing Islamic laws in place of Western laws.
b) The religious practices of Islam are essential to its spirit, and must not be altered or re-interpreted.
c) The failures of Muslim societies were caused by departures from the path of Islam.
d) Modern development must be guided by Islamic values rather that the values of Westernism and secularism.

Question 24:

The transnational coalition of extremist groups created in 1998 by Bin Laden and others was called ________.
a) the International Union of Mujahadeen
b) the Muslim Brotherhood
c) the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders
d) the Association of the Faithful and Willing

Question 25:

Which of the following is NOT one of the Islamic laws regarding the goals and means of a valid jihad?
a) Non-combatants cannot be targeted.
b) Surrender is prohibited under all circumstances.
c) The use of violence must be proportional.
d) Only a ruler or head of state can declare jihad.

Question 26:

The exportation of Wahhabi Islam involved supporters ________.
a) Offering development aid to the disadvantaged
b) Built libraries and other institutions
c) Both A and B.
d) Neither of the above.

Question 27:

The hijab can be ________.
a) a means for men to oppress and restrict women
b) a way for women to assert their religious identity
c) a bulwark against modern concern with the body
d) All of the above.

Question 28:

The African-American Islamic movement in America that has the largest number of followers and does not practice black separatism or preach Black Nationalism is the ________.
a) Nation of Islam
b) American Muslim Mission
c) Black Muslims
d) Muslim Nation

Question 29:

Which is NOT an issue of debate for contemporary Islamic reformers?
a) The restoration of the caliphate
b) The status of women
c) The status of non-Muslims
d) The compatibility of Islam and democracy

Question 30:

Understanding Islam today requires knowing ________.
a) the history of Ottoman/Greek relations in the Mediterranean.
b) the Arabic language.
c) the causes of pre-modern and modern reform movements
d) the structure and nature of Islamic legal practices.

Question 31:

For Muslims, Islam is the completion of previous revelations.
a) True
b) False

Question 32:

The vast majority of Muslims are a part of the Arab world.
a) True
b) False

Question 33:

Muhammad’s goal was to found a new religion.
a) True
b) False

Question 34:

Islam is the fastest growing religion in Canada.
a) True
b) False

Question 35:

Islam is the fastest growing religion in both North America and Europe.
a) True
b) False

Question 36:

Historically Islam has not been a politically active religion.
a) True
b) False

Question 37:

In Islam, God can be known only indirectly, through his messengers and revelations.
a) True
b) False

Question 38:

Muhammad was raised in a well-off, highly educated household.
a) True
b) False

Question 39:

Muhammad had no other wives while he was married to his first wife, Khadija.
a) True
b) False

Question 40:

Muhammad quickly converted the residents of Mecca to Islam, where he was made leader of the city.
a) True
b) False

Question 41:

In the early years of Islam, Muslims were subject to many forms of persecution and oppression.
a) True
b) False

Question 42:

Muslim’s believe that the Christian doctrine of the Trinity does NOT undermine the belief in the Oneness of God.
a) True
b) False

Question 43:

Islam began to appear as a distinct and different religion from Judaism while Muhammad was in Medina.
a) True
b) False

Question 44:

For Muslims, Islam is the ‘original’ religion.
a) True
b) False

Question 45:

Many Muslims believe that the clearest evidence of the Quran’s power is its eloquence.
a) True
b) False

Question 46:

In the 7th and 8th centuries, Islam was significantly less tolerant than Christianity.
a) True
b) False

Question 47:

For Shiah Muslims, history is the struggle of a righteous but historically oppressed and disinherited community against usurpers and the unjust.
a) True
b) False

Question 48:

Sunni Muslims believe that the political and military leader of the community should also be the prophet of the community.
a) True
b) False

Question 49:

In Islam, Muslims have a communal but not an individual responsibility for the creation of a good society.
a) True
b) False

Question 50:

The Quran is the primary source of Islamic law.
a) True
b) False

Question 51:

Islam was the first religion to recognize a woman’s right to own and inherit property.
a) True
b) False

Question 52:

The Quran holds that men and women should fulfill the same roles.
a) True
b) False

Question 53:

The Quran holds that men and women are equal in terms of their religious and moral obligations.
a) True
b) False

Question 54:

Islam constituted an effective theological and political challenge to Christendom.
a) True
b) False

Question 55:

Before the Crusades, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, lived together in relative harmony.
a) True
b) False

Question 56:

Richard ‘the Lion-Hearted’, of Robin Hood fame, promised to spare the women and children of Jerusalem during the Crusades: he then slaughtered all Muslim inhabitants.
a) True
b) False

Question 57:

The majority of Muslim countries are no longer under authoritarian rule.
a) True
b) False

Question 58:

There are fewer than 50 mosques in Canada.
a) True
b) False

Question 59:

The majority of Islamic organizations insist that revolution is the only way to liberate society.
a) True
b) False

Question 60:

In Islamic law, a jihad is only legitimate if it is declared by the head of state.
a) True
b) False

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