Test 5

A  one

B  none

C  613

D  10

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  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.

D  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

A  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

B  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “The Edict of Milan.”

D  “Christianity at all.”

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

B  “go to the gentiles”

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

D  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

A  strict self-denial and self-discipline

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

C  a Christian posture of prayer

D  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

A  The Edict of Milan

B  The Sermon on the Mount

C  The Nicene Creed

D  The Magna Carta

A  Judaism

B  Islam

C  Mastaba

D  Christianity

A  mullah

B  minbar

C  sharia

D  mihrab

A  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

B  the first illuminated manuscript

C  a religious song

D  an Islamic dance

A  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

B  a spoon

C  a rotating pulpit

D  a two-leaved hinged tablet

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

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

C  the most sacred books of the Quran

D  a collection of some 250 prose tales

A  Saint Augustine

B  Matthew

C  Augustus

D  Paul

A  in a Jewish Temple

B  in an Islamic Mosque

C  in a Catholic Church

D  in a Jewish Cemetery

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  St. Paul’s Cathedral

C  Hagia Sophia

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  Carolingian Miniscule

B  Gregorian chants

C  Saints and Angels

D  Orans

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  Hagia Sophia

C  King Fahad Mosque

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

B  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

C  A treaty between Christians and Jews

D  A statement of Chrisitan faith

A  narthex

B  transept

C  nave

D  ambulatory

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  “the wounds of Jesus.”

C  “repentance”

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

A  the Gospel of Mark

B  the Gospel of Matthew

C  the Gospel of John

D  the Gospel of Luke

A  “you will be a leader among men.”

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

C  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

D  “they shall live on earth forever.”

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  Greek and Assyrian

B  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

C  Aramaic and Semetic

D  Greek and Aramaic

A  “The Gospels”

B  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

C  “Acts of the Apostles”

D  The “New Testament”