Test 5

A  613

B  10

C  one

D  none

A  Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

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

C  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.

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 Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus.”

C  “The Edict of Milan.”

D  “the lost city of Atlantis.”

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

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

C  “go to the gentiles”

D  “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

A  the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

B  a Christian posture of prayer

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  Mastaba

B  Islam

C  Judaism

D  Christianity

A  mihrab

B  mullah

C  sharia

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 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 body of Muslim law based on the Quran and the Hadith

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

D  the most sacred books of the Quran

A  Matthew

B  Saint Augustine

C  Augustus

D  Paul

A  in a Jewish Cemetery

B  in an Islamic Mosque

C  in a Jewish Temple

D  in a Catholic Church

A  The Church of San Vitale

B  The Parliament of Justine

C  St. Paul’s Cathedral

D  Hagia Sophia

A  Orans

B  Saints and Angels

C  Gregorian chants

D  Carolingian Miniscule

A  Hagia Sophia

B  King Fahad Mosque

C  The Parliament of Justine

D  The Church of San Vitale

A  A treaty between Christians and Jews

B  A statement of Chrisitan faith

C  The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

D  A document announcing the first Catholic pope

A  narthex

B  nave

C  ambulatory

D  transept

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

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

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

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  “sins.”

D  “the wounds of Jesus.”

A  the Gospel of John

B  the Gospel of Matthew

C  the Gospel of Mark

D  the Gospel of Luke

A  “they shall live on earth forever.”

B  “the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

C  “you will be a leader among men.”

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

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  Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

C  Greek and Aramaic

D  Greek and Assyrian

A  “The Epistle of the Church in Rome”

B  The “New Testament”

C  “The Gospels”

D  “Acts of the Apostles”