Test 5

A  one

B  613

C  none

D  10

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

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

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 Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

B  “The Edict of Milan.”

C  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

D  “Christianity at all.”

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

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

C  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

D  “go to the gentiles”

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

B  a Christian posture of prayer

C  strict self-denial and self-discipline

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  Judaism

C  Mastaba

D  Christianity

A  sharia

B  mihrab

C  minbar

D  mullah

A  a religious song

B  the first illuminated manuscript

C  an Islamic dance

D  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

A  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

B  a two-leaved hinged tablet

C  a spoon

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

D  a collection of some 250 prose tales

A  Matthew

B  Paul

C  Saint Augustine

D  Augustus

A  in a Jewish Temple

B  in a Jewish Cemetery

C  in a Catholic Church

D  in an Islamic Mosque

A  St. Paul’s Cathedral

B  The Church of San Vitale

C  Hagia Sophia

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  Orans

B  Saints and Angels

C  Carolingian Miniscule

D  Gregorian chants

A  The Parliament of Justine

B  King Fahad Mosque

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  Hagia Sophia

A  A statement of Chrisitan faith

B  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

C  A treaty between Christians and Jews

D  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

A  ambulatory

B  transept

C  narthex

D  nave

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

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

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

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  “sins.”

B  “repentance”

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 Mark

D  the Gospel of John

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 superior of an abbey or monastery for men.”

B  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

D  “a formal letter.”

A  Greek and Aramaic

B  Greek and Assyrian

C  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

D  Aramaic and Semetic

A  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

B  “The Gospels”

C  The “New Testament”

D  “Acts of the Apostles”