Test 5

A  none

B  10

C  613

D  one

A  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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

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

A  “Christianity at all.”

B  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

C  “The Edict of Milan.”

D  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

A  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

B  “go to the gentiles”

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

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

A  a Christian posture of prayer

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  strict self-denial and self-discipline

A  The Nicene Creed

B  The Sermon on the Mount

C  The Edict of Milan

D  The Magna Carta

A  Judaism

B  Mastaba

C  Islam

D  Christianity

A  minbar

B  sharia

C  mullah

D  mihrab

A  an Islamic dance

B  the first illuminated manuscript

C  a religious song

D  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

A  a two-leaved hinged tablet

B  a spoon

C  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

D  a rotating pulpit

A  the most sacred books of the Quran

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

C  a collection of some 250 prose tales

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

A  Saint Augustine

B  Paul

C  Matthew

D  Augustus

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in an Islamic Mosque

C  in a Catholic Church

D  in a Jewish Temple

A  The Parliament of Justine

B  The Church of San Vitale

C  Hagia Sophia

D  St. Paul’s Cathedral

A  Orans

B  Saints and Angels

C  Gregorian chants

D  Carolingian Miniscule

A  King Fahad Mosque

B  Hagia Sophia

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  A treaty between Christians and Jews

B  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

C  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

D  A statement of Chrisitan faith

A  transept

B  narthex

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

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

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

A  “repentance”

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

C  “the wounds of Jesus.”

D  “sins.”

A  the Gospel of Luke

B  the Gospel of Mark

C  the Gospel of Matthew

D  the Gospel of John

A  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

B  “you will be a leader among men.”

C  “they shall live on earth forever.”

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

A  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

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

D  “a formal letter.”

A  Greek and Assyrian

B  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

C  Aramaic and Semetic

D  Greek and Aramaic

A  “Acts of the Apostles”

B  “The Gospels”

C  The “New Testament”

D  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”