HUM 250—Review Questions Chapter 5: Monotheism

Use the back of your scantron (51-65) to answer the following questions. For full credit,
review questions are due at the beginning of class Friday.

1. In the biblical account, what patriarch of the ancient Israelites led their dramatic
exodus from Egypt?
a. Paul
b. Constantine
c. Moses
d. Solomon

2. Which figure was a great king of the ancient Israelites who expanded their domain
and built the first temple in Jerusalem?
a. Justinian
b. Solomon
c. Augustine of Hippo
d. Constantine
3. Which of these is associated with the reign of David as king of the Israelites?
a. the composition of psalms in praise of God
b. the foundation of St. Peter’s in Rome
c. the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem
d. the conquest of Egypt and Persia by Israelite armies
4. In the Hebrew Bible, what righteous man finds his faith in God tested by a series of
calamities?
a. Job
b. Plotinus
c. Abraham
d. Solomon

5. Which phrase best describes the Judeo-Christian concept of the covenant?

a. an agreement binding God and his people
b. a style of decoration in Christian catacombs
c. the "good news" of Christ's ministry
d. a challenge to God's authority

6. What would one expect to hear in a biblical parable?

a. an explanation of the doctrine of original sin
b. a humble lesson about the nature of God
c. an explication of the Four Noble Truths
d. the story of Justinian's love for Theodora

7. Which work would best serve as an example of Christians’ adaptation of pagan

motifs and symbols for their own religious art?
a. the Second Temple in Jerusalem
b. The Good Shepherd
c. Gregorian chant
d. Mosque of Córdoba
8. Who was the sixth-century Byzantine emperor who temporarily reunited eastern
and western Roman empires and revised the Roman law code?
a. Justinian
b. Abraham
c. Constantine
d. Augustine of Hippo

9. What great domed building was reconstructed in the 500’s on a gigantic scale by
the emperor Justinian?
a. San Vitale in Ravenna
b. St. Peter's in Rome
c. Hagia Sophia
d. the Basilica Ulpia

10. Where would a portrait of the emperor Justinian most likely be found?
a. in the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
b. painted on a wall of St. Peter's in Rome
c. in mosaic on a church wall in Ravenna
d. in a battle scene on a Roman imperial arch

11. What is the name of the most sacred shrine of Islam, located in Mecca?
a. Qa’aba
b. Church of the Holy Sepulcher
c. Dome of the Rock
d. Mosque of Cordoba

12. The Qur’an (Koran) was revealed to what prophet?

a. Isaiah
b. Jesus
c. Abraham
d. Muhammad
13. How do devout Muslims regard the figure of Muhammad?
a. as the Son of God and redeemer of humanity
b. as the heavenly judge of souls entering the afterlife
c. as reigning in heaven at the right hand of God
d. as the messenger of the one true God

14. What describes the Abbasid Muslim capital of Baghdad in the years 762-1258?
a. founded by Muhammad as the spiritual center of Islam
b. finally conquered and occupied by a Christian army
c. site of Islam’s third holiest shrine, the Dome of the Rock
d. home to a center of learning called the House of Wisdom

15. What term or topic would be most useful in describing the Mosque of Córdoba?
a. hypostyle hall
b. domed basilica
c. calligraphy
d. mosaic