For the following questions more than one of the choices may be correct. In those cases, one answer is ultimately better than the others. You will receive credit for selecting any of the correct answers but to receive a perfect score of fifteen, you will have to select the answers that most fully or accurately capture the significance of the question.

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Which of the following did NOT happen during Muhammad’s youth?

He was nursed by a Jewish woman who lived outside of Mecca.

Two angels appeared to him and washed his heart with snow.

A Christian monk named Bahira, feasted the members of a caravan, which included the young Muhammad, and identified the boy as a prophet.

Amina, his mother, had a vision in which she was told to name him Muhammad.

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Muhammad received the first of his revelations

Directly from Allah, who introduced him to Gabriel.

Through dreams he periodically received both during the day and at night.

In a cave near Mecca.

From the angel Gabriel when he was in Hira.

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Khadija

Was his cousin, with whom Muhammad spent part of his childhood.

Was a successful merchant who commissioned Muhammad to take merchandise to Syria.

Had married twice before and had children by her previous husbands.

Was the only wife of Muhammad until her death and bore him six children, two boys and four girls.

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The ritual of prayer

Calls for prayers at three times during the day: at dawn, noon, and sundown.

Was already a part of Muhammad’s routine for a month every year before he began receiving revelations.

Includes two or four prostrations depending on whether one is at home or traveling.

First calls for ablutions as demonstrated by Gabriel, who dug a hole from which a fountain of water gushed.

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The first person who accepted Islam was

Alī, who was the ten-year-old son of Abū Tālib and used to accompany Muhammad when he went to pray.

Zayd the freedman of Muhammad, who was with him when Mohammad first encountered Gabriel.

Khadīja.

Abū Tālib, who had been Muhammad's guardian.

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Humanities 102: Quiz 24 (March 20, 2023)

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Humanities 102: Quiz 23 (March 10, 2023)

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Humanities 102: Quiz 22 (March 8, 2023)

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According to Augustine, evil

Is a substance that results from the occasional but necessary fusion of good elements into ill-suited combinations through the forces of the universe, which are in themselves part of creation, which is good.

The consequences of the free decision of one’s will, in consequence of which we act wrongly and suffer god’s judgment.

The diminishment of good until nothing is left.

The inclination to be at odds with divine will, which human beings inherited through the disobedience of Adam.

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Simplicianus was

A mentor of Ambrose who saw in the works of the Platonists the “truth of God and his Word” and told Augustine about Victorinus.

A person well educated in the liberal arts who consulted with Augustine about his business and asked Augustine to interpret his horoscope.

An important official at the imperial court who was also from Africa and related to Augustine and Nebridius the story of his friends, also imperial officials, and their fiancées who converted to Christianity.

A friend of Augustine who allowed Augustine and his circle of friends to use his house as a refuge after they converted to Christianity.

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Augustine converted, i.e., decided to commit fully to the life of a Christian

When he learned about Antony and the monastery of brothers at Milan under the supervision of Ambrose, which offered him a vision of how he could live after giving up his profession.

When his friends Nebridius and Alypius announced to Augustine their intention to be baptized.

When he was with his mother and had a vision about eternal life, which revealed the unworthiness of physical pleasures and earthly rewards.

When he followed the example of Antony and allowed a passage, chosen at random, from the writings of Paul to direct his life.

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Adeodatus was

One of Augustine’s friends who lived a life of asceticism preferring to go barefoot even in winter.

A fellow teacher of rhetoric who assumed Augustine’s position after he retired.

Augustine’s son, with whom he wrote the book, The Teacher, which was a compilation of conversations between them.

A martyr, whose body was moved to Ambrose’s church and healed people tormented by demons and the blind.

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Which of the following statements about Monica, Augustine’s mother, is NOT accurate?

She was fond on visiting the memorial shrines of the saints and bringing cakes, bread, and wine to share with the other worshippers.

Even until the death of her husband she suffered from a difficult and painful relationship with her mother-in-law.

A servant in her parents household known for her excellent character and severity exerted a greater influence in her life than her father or mother, who were both Christians

She considered marriage a form of servitude and therefore tolerated the behavior of her abusive husband.

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