Test 5

A  613

B  none

C  one

D  10

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  “Christianity at all.”

B  “The Edict of Milan.”

C  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

D  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

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

B  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

C  “go to the gentiles”

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

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

B  strict self-denial and self-discipline

C  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

D  a Christian posture of prayer

A  The Edict of Milan

B  The Magna Carta

C  The Sermon on the Mount

D  The Nicene Creed

A  Christianity

B  Judaism

C  Mastaba

D  Islam

A  mihrab

B  sharia

C  mullah

D  minbar

A  a religious song

B  an Islamic dance

C  the first illuminated manuscript

D  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

A  a two-leaved hinged tablet

B  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

C  a rotating pulpit

D  a spoon

A  the most sacred books of the Quran

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

C  a collection of some 250 prose tales

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

A  Saint Augustine

B  Matthew

C  Paul

D  Augustus

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in a Jewish Temple

C  in an Islamic Mosque

D  in a Catholic Church

A  St. Paul’s Cathedral

B  Hagia Sophia

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  The Church of San Vitale

A  Carolingian Miniscule

B  Gregorian chants

C  Saints and Angels

D  Orans

A  Hagia Sophia

B  King Fahad Mosque

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  The Parliament of Justine

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  transept

C  ambulatory

D  nave

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

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

A  “the wounds of Jesus.”

B  “sins.”

C  “repentance”

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

A  the Gospel of Matthew

B  the Gospel of John

C  the Gospel of Mark

D  the Gospel of Luke

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 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  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

B  Greek 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”