Test 5

A  613

B  one

C  10

D  none

A  a large traditional house that often has a complex double structure that allows men to visit without running any risk of meeting the women of the family.

B  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

C  An Arabic poem honoring the Prophet Muhammad. The name means ‘poem of the mantle’ or ‘of the cloak’.

D  Any Islamic art seeking to portray the meaning and essence of things, rather than just their physical form.

A  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

B  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “The Edict of Milan.”

D  “Christianity at all.”

A  “go to the gentiles”

B  “create a new language that will be known only to Christians.”

C  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

D  “tell my mother that I am always with her.”

A  strict self-denial and self-discipline

B  a Christian posture of prayer

C  a group that allows a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices

D  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

A  The Nicene Creed

B  The Magna Carta

C  The Sermon on the Mount

D  The Edict of Milan

A  Mastaba

B  Christianity

C  Judaism

D  Islam

A  mullah

B  sharia

C  minbar

D  mihrab

A  an Islamic dance

B  the first illuminated manuscript

C  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

D  a religious song

A  a spoon

B  a two-leaved hinged tablet

C  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

D  a rotating pulpit

A  the most sacred books of the Quran

B  the body of Muslim law based on the Quran and the Hadith

C  a collection of some 250 prose tales

D  Muhamad’s journey from Mecca to Medina in the year 622

A  Augustus

B  Paul

C  Matthew

D  Saint Augustine

A  in a Jewish Temple

B  in a Catholic Church

C  in a Jewish Cemetery

D  in an Islamic Mosque

A  Hagia Sophia

B  The Church of San Vitale

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  St. Paul’s Cathedral

A  Gregorian chants

B  Carolingian Miniscule

C  Orans

D  Saints and Angels

A  King Fahad Mosque

B  The Church of San Vitale

C  Hagia Sophia

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

B  A treaty between Christians and Jews

C  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

D  A statement of Chrisitan faith

A  ambulatory

B  narthex

C  transept

D  nave

A  “Jesus fast for forty days and nights in the wilderness; he rejects the worldly wealth offered to him by the devil.”

B  “The archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that Godhas chosen her to ebar his son.”

C  “John the Baptist, a preacher in the wilderness of Judea, baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River.”

D  “In the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, while the disciples Peter, James, and John sleep, Jesus reconciles his soul to death.”

A  “repentance”

B  “sins.”

C  “the wounds of Jesus.”

D  “the” — at that time “known planets.”

A  the Gospel of Luke

B  the Gospel of John

C  the Gospel of Mark

D  the Gospel of Matthew

A  “you will be a leader among men.”

B  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

C  “the sands at your feet will give way to gold.”

D  “they shall live on earth forever.”

A  “the invocation of a blessing.”

B  “the superior of an abbey or monastery for men.”

C  “a formal letter.”

D  “one of twelve disciples chose by Jesus to preach his gospel.”

A  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

B  Greek and Assyrian

C  Aramaic and Semetic

D  Greek and Aramaic

A  “Acts of the Apostles”

B  The “New Testament”

C  “The Gospels”

D  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”