Test 5

A  10

B  none

C  one

D  613

A  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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

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

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 Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

B  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

C  “Christianity at all.”

D  “The Edict of Milan.”

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

B  strict self-denial and self-discipline

C  a Christian posture of prayer

D  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

A  The Magna Carta

B  The Sermon on the Mount

C  The Edict of Milan

D  The Nicene Creed

A  Islam

B  Mastaba

C  Judaism

D  Christianity

A  mullah

B  minbar

C  mihrab

D  sharia

A  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

B  a religious song

C  an Islamic dance

D  the first illuminated manuscript

A  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

B  a spoon

C  a two-leaved hinged tablet

D  a rotating pulpit

A  a collection of some 250 prose tales

B  the most sacred books of the Quran

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

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

A  Paul

B  Saint Augustine

C  Matthew

D  Augustus

A  in a Jewish Temple

B  in a Catholic Church

C  in a Jewish Cemetery

D  in an Islamic Mosque

A  The Parliament of Justine

B  The Church of San Vitale

C  Hagia Sophia

D  St. Paul’s Cathedral

A  Saints and Angels

B  Gregorian chants

C  Orans

D  Carolingian Miniscule

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  Hagia Sophia

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  King Fahad Mosque

A  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

B  A statement of Chrisitan faith

C  A treaty between Christians and Jews

D  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

A  nave

B  transept

C  ambulatory

D  narthex

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

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  “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 Matthew

C  the Gospel of John

D  the Gospel of Mark

A  “they shall live on earth forever.”

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

C  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

D  “you will be a leader among men.”

A  “a formal letter.”

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

C  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

A  Greek and Assyrian

B  Aramaic and Semetic

C  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

D  Greek and Aramaic

A  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

B  The “New Testament”

C  “The Gospels”

D  “Acts of the Apostles”