Part One Overview Quiz

1. How does Hadian contrast the sources of Christianity and Islam? *

A. The Bible came through about forty writers, while the Quran rests on a single witness

B. Both rest on the testimony of one witness

C. The Quran has more human writers than the Bible

D. Neither faith has written sources

2. Besides the Quran, what other sources does Hadian say Muslims follow? *

A. Only the Quran, with no additional sources

B. The Sunnah, preserved in the Hadith and Sirah, along with Sharia

C. The Old Testament alone

D. Oral tradition never written down

3. Which book does Hadian cite as a classical manual of Islamic law? *

A. The Sirah of Ibn Ishaq

B. A Common Word Between Us and You

C. The Explanatory Memorandum

D. The Reliance of the Traveller

4. Where does Hadian say the phrase "common word" originates? *

A. From a Christian ecumenical council

B. From the Quran, Surah 3:64

C. From the Yale Center for Faith and Culture

D. From the United Nations

5. According to Hadian, what do the remaining words of that verse call for? *

A. Mutual respect with no conditions attached

B. A shared celebration of all prophets

C. Worshiping none but Allah, associating no partners, and taking no others as lords

D. The abolition of all religious law

6. What is "shirk," and why does Hadian say it matters here? *

A. A form of charity required of Muslims

B. A style of Quranic recitation

C. The name of an interfaith organization

D. The sin of associating partners with God, which is why the Trinity is targeted

7. What logical objection does Hadian raise against calling both books divine? *

A. That both were written in the same century

B. That neither book makes any claims about God

C. That two sources cannot both be divine if one exists to correct the other

D. That divine books must be identical in length

8. According to the manual Hadian cites, what is the status of Judaism and Christianity? *

A. They remain fully valid alongside Islam

B. They were valid in their eras but have been abrogated, and are now called remnant cults

C. They are considered superior to Islam

D. They are never mentioned at all

9. What happened in 2006 and 2008, according to the lesson? *

A. Muslim scholars sent an open letter, and a Christian response affirming a common word was signed by many leaders

B. Two mosques opened their pulpits to Christian preachers

C. The Muslim Brotherhood was formally disbanded

D. All interfaith programs were discontinued

10. What observation does Hadian make about reciprocity in interfaith events? *

A. Mosques regularly invited pastors to preach the gospel in return

B. Churches refused to participate at all

C. He could find no mosque that opened its Friday prayers to a Christian preaching the gospel

D. The exchanges were evenly balanced on both sides