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Pre-Test: Three HoIy Books

Teacher: This is a good pre-test designed to stimulate discussion of a less well-known religion, Islam. Take thetest yourself, before you turn the page to look at the answer key, and you'll discover what a good conversationstarter this can be.

Directions: For each quotation, indicate which is the source by writing a letter in the blank.

A- The Old. Testament B. The Neut Testament C. The Quran

_1. And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely of the fruitsthere of where ye will; but come not near this tree lest ye become wrongdoers.

_2.O Children of Israel! Remember My favor wherewith I favored you and how I preferred you to allcreatures.

_3. And remember when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk, who were afllicting you withdreadful torment slaying your sons and sparing your women: That was a tremendous trial fromyour Lord.

_4. And when We did appoint for Moses forty nights of solitude, and when ye chose the calf, whenhe had gone from you, and were wrongdoers.

_5. Say O Muslims: We believe in God and that which is revealed unto us and that which wasrevealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that whichMoses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from their Lord. We make nodistinction between any of them, and unto Hlm we have surrendered.

_6. And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! God hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hathpreferred thee above all women of creation.

_7.Say O Muhammad: We believe in God and that which is revealed unto us and that which wasrevealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which wasvouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the Prophets from their lord. We make no distinctionbetween any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.

_8. And I come confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful some of thatwhich was forbidden unto you. I come unto you wlth a sign from your Iord, so keep your dutyto God and obey me.

_9. She said: My Iord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me? He satd: So it willbe. God createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

_f O. And remember when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! God giveth thee glad tidings of a word fromHim, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, Illustrious in the world and the Hereafter,and one of those brought near unto God.

_11. One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of thepit: some caravan will find him.

Pre-Test : Three Religlons

This ts a wonderful exercise as a pre-test, for it will elicit a lot of discussion. Some students will arguethat questions can be interpreted ln a number of ways and that there are not always hard and fast answers.(This in itself is a valuable thtng for them to oqperience.) You wtll qutckly get a senle of how rnuch knowledgestudents have about Judaism and Christianity. Many statements raise irrther questions, i.e., "What was I[teacher] tryrng to saywhen I phrased question 25; how is it dlfferent from qr."iior, 22?'This pre-test hasworked well at the end of a unil of study; and one middle school teacher has used it both ways- as a pre-testfollowed by several class periods of discussion about what was discovered - and after three qieeks of siudy, usingthe same test, but as part of the unit exam.

Matching: Questions may have more than one correct answer. Write 'J' if the statement is true re-garding Judaism, "C" for Christianity, 'I'for Islam.

1. The principle early ligures of this religion were Middle Easterners.

_2. The Quran is one of their holy books.

-3.

A follow of this lgliglon is called a Jew.

_4. Jesus was its founder.

_5. The youngest or newest of t}re great religrons.

6. They believe in both the Old and New Testaments.

7. Make a pilgrlmage to Makkah.

_8. The oldest of the three religions.

_9. Believe Abraham is the father of thetr people.

_1O. Face Makkah when they pray.

I I. Is a'monothelstic' religion.

_72. A follow of thls religion is called a Christian.

13. They believe there is no god but God.

14. Call their'church" a slmagogue.

-15.

Believe their religion is for all the world; try to convert people.

16. Began as a Jewish sect.

17. Muhammad ts their last prophet.

18.

19.

Old Testament is their only holy book.

The Middle East ls the birthplace of this lgligron.

Regard Abraham and Moses as prophets or wise leaders.

Regard Jerusalem as a holy city.

_20.21.

22.'Ihetr'church" is called a mosque.

-23.

A follower of this rclrgron ts called a Muslim.

24. Accepts the Ten Commandments as a law code.

_25.Ca11 their 'mosque" a church.

26. Recognize Jesus in their religton.

_2T.Discourages pictures or statues of their religious leaders.

_28. Accepts the story of Adam and Eve as parL of their tradition.

_29. Today contains many branches or sects.

3O. Has a creation story about God creating the universe out of nothing.

Answer Key for Pre-Test: Three Holy BooksALL ARE FROM THE OTIRAN!

Answer Key for Pre-Test: Three Rellgions1. JCI 11. JCI 21, JCI2.r 12. C 22.r3. J 13. JCr 23.r4.C 14. J 24.JCr5. r 15. Cr 25.C6. Cr 16. C 26. Cr7.t t7.t 27.18. J 18. J 28. JCr9. JI 19. JCI 29. JCI10. I 20. JCI 30. JCI