Test 5

A  10

B  one

C  613

D  none

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

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

C  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

D  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.

A  “The Edict of Milan.”

B  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

C  “Christianity at all.”

D  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

A  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

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

C  “go to the gentiles”

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

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

B  strict self-denial and self-discipline

C  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

D  a Christian posture of prayer

A  The Nicene Creed

B  The Edict of Milan

C  The Sermon on the Mount

D  The Magna Carta

A  Mastaba

B  Judaism

C  Christianity

D  Islam

A  sharia

B  mullah

C  minbar

D  mihrab

A  the first illuminated manuscript

B  a religious song

C  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

D  an Islamic dance

A  a spoon

B  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

C  a two-leaved hinged tablet

D  a rotating pulpit

A  the most sacred books of the Quran

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

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

D  a collection of some 250 prose tales

A  Matthew

B  Paul

C  Augustus

D  Saint Augustine

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in a Catholic Church

C  in a Jewish Temple

D  in an Islamic Mosque

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  St. Paul’s Cathedral

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  Hagia Sophia

A  Gregorian chants

B  Carolingian Miniscule

C  Saints and Angels

D  Orans

A  The Parliament of Justine

B  King Fahad Mosque

C  Hagia Sophia

D  The Church of San Vitale

A  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

B  A treaty between Christians and Jews

C  A statement of Chrisitan faith

D  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

A  nave

B  ambulatory

C  narthex

D  transept

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

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

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

B  “sins.”

C  “repentance”

D  “the wounds of Jesus.”

A  the Gospel of Mark

B  the Gospel of Matthew

C  the Gospel of Luke

D  the Gospel of John

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  “a formal letter.”

B  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

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

A  Aramaic and Semetic

B  Greek and Assyrian

C  Greek and Aramaic

D  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

A  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

B  The “New Testament”

C  “The Gospels”

D  “Acts of the Apostles”