Test 5

A  one

B  10

C  none

D  613

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  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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

A  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

B  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “Christianity at all.”

D  “The Edict of Milan.”

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  strict self-denial and self-discipline

B  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

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

D  a Christian posture of prayer

A  The Magna Carta

B  The Sermon on the Mount

C  The Nicene Creed

D  The Edict of Milan

A  Islam

B  Judaism

C  Mastaba

D  Christianity

A  sharia

B  mullah

C  mihrab

D  minbar

A  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

B  an Islamic dance

C  the first illuminated manuscript

D  a religious song

A  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

B  a spoon

C  a rotating pulpit

D  a two-leaved hinged tablet

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

B  a collection of some 250 prose tales

C  the most sacred books of the Quran

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

A  Matthew

B  Paul

C  Augustus

D  Saint Augustine

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in an Islamic Mosque

C  in a Catholic Church

D  in a Jewish Temple

A  Hagia Sophia

B  St. Paul’s Cathedral

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  Carolingian Miniscule

B  Orans

C  Gregorian chants

D  Saints and Angels

A  Hagia Sophia

B  King Fahad Mosque

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  The Church of San Vitale

A  A treaty between Christians and Jews

B  A statement of Chrisitan faith

C  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

D  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

A  narthex

B  ambulatory

C  transept

D  nave

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

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

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

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  “the wounds of Jesus.”

B  “repentance”

C  “sins.”

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

A  the Gospel of Luke

B  the Gospel of Mark

C  the Gospel of John

D  the Gospel of Matthew

A  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

B  “you will be a leader among men.”

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

D  “they shall live on earth forever.”

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

B  “a formal letter.”

C  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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  The “New Testament”

D  “Acts of the Apostles”