Review Quiz for the Final Exam
Instructions: Write down your answers on a piece of paper. There will be a link to the answers page at the bottom of this practice quiz - answers are now posted.
1. What is the title of the book we read?
a. The Summary of Sirat Ibn Hisham
b. The Extension of Sirat Ibn Hisham
c. The Summary of Sirat Ibn Ishaq
d. The Extension of Sirat Ibn Ishaq
2. Which of the following is the correct order of how this book reached us?
a. Ibn Hisham -> Ibn Ishaq -> Abdusalam Harun -> Translated
b. Ibn Ishaq -> Ibn Hisham -> Abdusalam Harun -> Translated
c. Abdusalam Harun -> Ibn Hisham -> Ibn Ishaq -> Translated
d. Ibn Ishaq -> Ibn Hisham -> Translated -> Abdusalam Harun
3. Which of the following resulted in the downfall of Dhu Nuwas?
a. He died of the plague
b. He and his army were ambushed and he was killed
c. He attacked and massacred the people of Najran
d. He was killed when he was hit by a spear that Abrahah threw
4. Why did Abrahah want to destroy the Ka'aba?
a. To force the Arabs to come to Al Qullyas, a mega-church in Yemen
b. To force people to worship him
c. To show the Arabs how powerful he was
d. The King of Abyssinia ordered him to
5. What happened to Abrahah and his army?
a. They were able to destroy the Ka'aba, but it was later rebuilt
b. Allah sent an army of birds and Abrahah and his army were destroyed
c. He changed his mind after he spoke with Abdulmuttalib
d. He went mad and his army stopped listening to him
6. What is the lineage of the Prophet back to Qusay? (short answer)
7. Why did Abdulmuttalib start digging in search for Zamzam?
a. He was told to do so by a diviner in yemen
b. He read about it in some history book and decided to look for it
c. He was desperate because of the drought in Mekka
d. He saw a dream three times that told him to dig Zamzam
8. When Abdulmuttalib decided to slaughter one of his ten sons, which one was chosen?
a. Abu Talib
b. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
c. Abdullah
d. Hamzah
e. Al Abbas
9. How did Aminah know to name her son Muhammad?
a. She was told in a dream "name him Muhammad"
b. She heard there was a prophet coming named Muhammad
c. Before he died, Abdullah told her to name their child Muhammad
d. Abdelmuttalib told her to name him that
10. What day was the Prophet born?
a. 13th, Rabi' ul Awwal, Year of the Elephant
b. 12th, Rabi' ul Thani, Year of the Elephant
c. 12th, Rabi' ul Awwal, Year of the Elephant
d. 13th, Rabi' ul Thani, Year of the Elephant
11. What event made Halimah suddenly wish to return Muhammad to his mother, Amina?
a. He became ill
b. He got older
c. The opening of the chest
d. Amina asked for him back
12. Which of the following is the order of who took care of Muhammad?
a. Mother -> Abdelmuttalib -> Abu Taleb
b. Mother -> Abu Taleb -> Abdelmuttalib
c. Abdelmuttalib -> Abu Taleb -> Mother
d. Father -> Abu Taleb -> Abdelmuttalib
13. What was the name of the monk who recognized that Muhammad was a Prophet when he saw him with his uncle Abu Taleb on their way to Syria?
a. Barseesa
b. Baheera
c. Maysara
d. Masood
14. How old was the Prophet when the Sacreligious War occurred?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 20
d. 25
e. 30
15. Who did the Prophet marry when he was 25?
a. The Mother of the Believers, Khadija
b. The Mother of the Believers, Aisha
c. The Mother of the Believers, Juwayriyya
d. The Mother of the Believers, Hafsa
16. What dispute occurred while the people of Quraysh were rebuilding the Ka'aba?
a. Who will build the east wall
b. What type of stone would be used
c. What type of cloth will be used to cover the Ka'aba
d. Who will replace the black stone
17. How did people know before the Prophet came that there was a Prophet coming? (Write 2-3 different ways)
18. The Prophet used to sit in the Cave of Hira, practicing Tahanuth (worship in privacy and away from idols). Angel Jibreel came to him and told him to do what?
a. Read (Iqra')
b. Listen (Isma')
c. Believe (Aamin)
d. Worship
19. What was the first sign of prophethood?
a. Angel Jibreel came to the prophet in Hira
b. Visions and dreams that would come true
c. Israa' and Mi'raj
d. Revelation of the Quran
20. Who was the first woman to believe in the Prophet's message?
a. Sayyida Aisha
b. Sayyida Khadijah
c. Sayyida Sumayah
d. Sayyida Halimah
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a. The Summary of Sirat Ibn Hisham
b. The Extension of Sirat Ibn Hisham
c. The Summary of Sirat Ibn Ishaq
d. The Extension of Sirat Ibn Ishaq
2. Which of the following is the correct order of how this book reached us?
a. Ibn Hisham -> Ibn Ishaq -> Abdusalam Harun -> Translated
b. Ibn Ishaq -> Ibn Hisham -> Abdusalam Harun -> Translated
c. Abdusalam Harun -> Ibn Hisham -> Ibn Ishaq -> Translated
d. Ibn Ishaq -> Ibn Hisham -> Translated -> Abdusalam Harun
3. Which of the following resulted in the downfall of Dhu Nuwas?
a. He died of the plague
b. He and his army were ambushed and he was killed
c. He attacked and massacred the people of Najran
d. He was killed when he was hit by a spear that Abrahah threw
4. Why did Abrahah want to destroy the Ka'aba?
a. To force the Arabs to come to Al Qullyas, a mega-church in Yemen
b. To force people to worship him
c. To show the Arabs how powerful he was
d. The King of Abyssinia ordered him to
5. What happened to Abrahah and his army?
a. They were able to destroy the Ka'aba, but it was later rebuilt
b. Allah sent an army of birds and Abrahah and his army were destroyed
c. He changed his mind after he spoke with Abdulmuttalib
d. He went mad and his army stopped listening to him
6. What is the lineage of the Prophet back to Qusay? (short answer)
7. Why did Abdulmuttalib start digging in search for Zamzam?
a. He was told to do so by a diviner in yemen
b. He read about it in some history book and decided to look for it
c. He was desperate because of the drought in Mekka
d. He saw a dream three times that told him to dig Zamzam
8. When Abdulmuttalib decided to slaughter one of his ten sons, which one was chosen?
a. Abu Talib
b. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
c. Abdullah
d. Hamzah
e. Al Abbas
9. How did Aminah know to name her son Muhammad?
a. She was told in a dream "name him Muhammad"
b. She heard there was a prophet coming named Muhammad
c. Before he died, Abdullah told her to name their child Muhammad
d. Abdelmuttalib told her to name him that
10. What day was the Prophet born?
a. 13th, Rabi' ul Awwal, Year of the Elephant
b. 12th, Rabi' ul Thani, Year of the Elephant
c. 12th, Rabi' ul Awwal, Year of the Elephant
d. 13th, Rabi' ul Thani, Year of the Elephant
11. What event made Halimah suddenly wish to return Muhammad to his mother, Amina?
a. He became ill
b. He got older
c. The opening of the chest
d. Amina asked for him back
12. Which of the following is the order of who took care of Muhammad?
a. Mother -> Abdelmuttalib -> Abu Taleb
b. Mother -> Abu Taleb -> Abdelmuttalib
c. Abdelmuttalib -> Abu Taleb -> Mother
d. Father -> Abu Taleb -> Abdelmuttalib
13. What was the name of the monk who recognized that Muhammad was a Prophet when he saw him with his uncle Abu Taleb on their way to Syria?
a. Barseesa
b. Baheera
c. Maysara
d. Masood
14. How old was the Prophet when the Sacreligious War occurred?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 20
d. 25
e. 30
15. Who did the Prophet marry when he was 25?
a. The Mother of the Believers, Khadija
b. The Mother of the Believers, Aisha
c. The Mother of the Believers, Juwayriyya
d. The Mother of the Believers, Hafsa
16. What dispute occurred while the people of Quraysh were rebuilding the Ka'aba?
a. Who will build the east wall
b. What type of stone would be used
c. What type of cloth will be used to cover the Ka'aba
d. Who will replace the black stone
17. How did people know before the Prophet came that there was a Prophet coming? (Write 2-3 different ways)
18. The Prophet used to sit in the Cave of Hira, practicing Tahanuth (worship in privacy and away from idols). Angel Jibreel came to him and told him to do what?
a. Read (Iqra')
b. Listen (Isma')
c. Believe (Aamin)
d. Worship
19. What was the first sign of prophethood?
a. Angel Jibreel came to the prophet in Hira
b. Visions and dreams that would come true
c. Israa' and Mi'raj
d. Revelation of the Quran
20. Who was the first woman to believe in the Prophet's message?
a. Sayyida Aisha
b. Sayyida Khadijah
c. Sayyida Sumayah
d. Sayyida Halimah
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