Test 5

A  none

B  613

C  10

D  one

A  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.

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

C  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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

A  “The Edict of Milan.”

B  “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

D  “Christianity at all.”

A  “go to the gentiles”

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

C  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

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

A  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

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

C  strict self-denial and self-discipline

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  Mastaba

C  Islam

D  Christianity

A  sharia

B  mihrab

C  mullah

D  minbar

A  an Islamic dance

B  a religious song

C  the first illuminated manuscript

D  a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

A  a two-leaved hinged tablet

B  a rotating pulpit

C  a spoon

D  a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

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

B  the most sacred books of the Quran

C  a collection of some 250 prose tales

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

A  Paul

B  Augustus

C  Saint Augustine

D  Matthew

A  in an Islamic Mosque

B  in a Jewish Cemetery

C  in a Catholic Church

D  in a Jewish Temple

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  St. Paul’s Cathedral

C  Hagia Sophia

D  The Parliament of Justine

A  Saints and Angels

B  Gregorian chants

C  Orans

D  Carolingian Miniscule

A  King Fahad Mosque

B  The Parliament of Justine

C  The Church of San Vitale

D  Hagia Sophia

A  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

B  A statement of Chrisitan faith

C  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

D  A treaty between Christians and Jews

A  transept

B  nave

C  narthex

D  ambulatory

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

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

C  “repentance”

D  “the wounds of Jesus.”

A  the Gospel of Luke

B  the Gospel of Matthew

C  the Gospel of Mark

D  the Gospel of John

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

B  “they shall live on earth forever.”

C  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

D  “you will be a leader among men.”

A  “a formal letter.”

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

C  “the invocation of a blessing.”

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

A  Aramaic and Semetic

B  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

C  Greek and Assyrian

D  Greek and Aramaic

A  “Acts of the Apostles”

B  The “New Testament”

C  “The Gospels”

D  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”