Test 5

A  none

B  613

C  one

D  10

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

B  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.

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

D  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

A  “The Edict of Milan.”

B  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “Christianity at all.”

D  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

A  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

B  “go to the gentiles”

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

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

A  strict self-denial and self-discipline

B  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

C  a Christian posture of prayer

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

A  The Magna Carta

B  The Edict of Milan

C  The Sermon on the Mount

D  The Nicene Creed

A  Islam

B  Judaism

C  Christianity

D  Mastaba

A  mihrab

B  mullah

C  sharia

D  minbar

A  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

B  a religious song

C  the first illuminated manuscript

D  an Islamic dance

A  a spoon

B  a rotating pulpit

C  a two-leaved hinged tablet

D  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

A  a collection of some 250 prose tales

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

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

D  the most sacred books of the Quran

A  Augustus

B  Saint Augustine

C  Paul

D  Matthew

A  in a Jewish Temple

B  in a Catholic Church

C  in a Jewish Cemetery

D  in an Islamic Mosque

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  The Parliament of Justine

C  Hagia Sophia

D  St. Paul’s Cathedral

A  Carolingian Miniscule

B  Orans

C  Gregorian chants

D  Saints and Angels

A  King Fahad Mosque

B  The Parliament of Justine

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  Hagia Sophia

A  A statement of Chrisitan faith

B  A treaty between Christians and Jews

C  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

D  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

A  ambulatory

B  nave

C  transept

D  narthex

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

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

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

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

A  “sins.”

B  “repentance”

C  “the wounds of Jesus.”

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

A  the Gospel of Matthew

B  the Gospel of Luke

C  the Gospel of John

D  the Gospel of Mark

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

B  “they shall live on earth forever.”

C  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

D  “you will be a leader among men.”

A  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

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

D  “a formal letter.”

A  Greek and Aramaic

B  Aramaic and Semetic

C  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

D  Greek and Assyrian

A  “Acts of the Apostles”

B  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

C  The “New Testament”

D  “The Gospels”