Test 5

A  one

B  613

C  none

D  10

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

B  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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  “Christianity at all.”

B  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

C  “The Edict of Milan.”

D  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

A  “go to the gentiles”

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

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

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  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

D  a Christian posture of prayer

A  The Edict of Milan

B  The Sermon on the Mount

C  The Magna Carta

D  The Nicene Creed

A  Judaism

B  Christianity

C  Islam

D  Mastaba

A  sharia

B  minbar

C  mihrab

D  mullah

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 rotating pulpit

B  a spoon

C  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

D  a two-leaved hinged tablet

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  Augustus

B  Paul

C  Matthew

D  Saint Augustine

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in an Islamic Mosque

C  in a Jewish Temple

D  in a Catholic Church

A  Hagia Sophia

B  St. Paul’s Cathedral

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  The Church of San Vitale

A  Carolingian Miniscule

B  Gregorian chants

C  Orans

D  Saints and Angels

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  The Parliament of Justine

C  King Fahad Mosque

D  Hagia Sophia

A  A statement of Chrisitan faith

B  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

C  A treaty between Christians and Jews

D  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

A  narthex

B  nave

C  ambulatory

D  transept

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

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

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

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

A  “the wounds of Jesus.”

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

C  “sins.”

D  “repentance”

A  the Gospel of Luke

B  the Gospel of Matthew

C  the Gospel of Mark

D  the Gospel of John

A  “they shall live on earth forever.”

B  “you will be a leader among men.”

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

D  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

A  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

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

D  “a formal letter.”

A  Aramaic and Semetic

B  Greek and Aramaic

C  Greek and Assyrian

D  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

A  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

B  “Acts of the Apostles”

C  “The Gospels”

D  The “New Testament”