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Question 1

the book that have influenced Dante’s Divine Comedy is

Accepted Answer

"Risalat al-Ghufran" by Al-Ma'arri

Question 2

one of the following was renowned for his writing on child care

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Ibn al-Jazzar

Question 3

From Indian culture they mainly translated works related to

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Medicine and mathematics

Question 4

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are famous Persian philosophers

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False

Question 5

the muwashah rose from the fusion of Arabic and Provencal culture

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true

Question 6

Al-Sahrawardi developed the philosophy of illuminationism

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True

Question 7

who is credited for developed algebra, by introducing methods of simplifying the equations

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al-Khawarizmi

Question 8

Sirat bani Hilal

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All the mentioned options

Question 9

'Umar al-Khayyam was

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All of the mentioned

Question 10

The first Umayyad Caliph in Andalusia was

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'Abd al-Rahman III

Question 11

Which of the following is true about zajal

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All the mentioned options

Question 12

The most famous poet who is well known for his zajal poetry is

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Ibn Quzman

Question 13

One of the following works was not written by Al-Jahiz

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the book of songs

Question 14

The name Abbasids comes from the name of

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the propher's uncle al-'Abbas

Question 15

Baghdad was built by

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Abu ja'far Al-Mansur

Question 16

The author of Tahafut al-Tahafut is

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Ibn Rushd

Question 17

The Thousand and One Night is a book that contains

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stories composed in Persia, Baghdad and Egypt

Question 18

The folkloric tradition includes only the works known as sira

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false

Question 19

The One Thousands and One Night was first translated to a European language in

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in the beginning of the 18th century

Question 20

the greatest Arab poet according to many critics is

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Al-Mutanabbi

Question 21

The most important translator who became the head of the Hose of Wisdom was

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Hunayn ibn Ishaq

Question 22

Philosophy and science were mainly transmitted to Arabs from

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The Greek culture

Question 23

The Abbasids reigned for approximately

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none of the mentioned

Question 24

Tawq al-Hamama( Dove’s Necklace) is

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All the mentioned options

Question 25

The physician whose work includes the description of surgical tools is

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al-Zahrawi

Question 26

who is famous for wine poems (khamriyyat)

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Abu Nuwas

Question 27

Hellenistic culture refers to

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Greek

Question 28

Under the Abbasids, the political center of Islam shifted to

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Baghdad

Question 29

the book that had great influence on all Arabic research in astronomy was

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Ptolemy's Almagest

Question 30

Alexandria was one of the centers of ancient learning

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True

Question 31

The book One Thousands and One Night was always considered a revered classic of Arab literature

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false

Question 32

Al-Ghazali wrote a book against the philosophers called

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Tahafut al-Falasifa

Question 33

Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi before him were the main representatives of

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Neoplatonism

Question 34

During the Abbasid era the two schools of poetry are

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The modernists and the neo-classical

Question 35

Ibn Bajah, Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd were philosophers who lived in

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Andalusia

Question 36

Modernist school was largely made up of non-Arabs or half Arab poets. .

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true

Question 37

The difference between zajal and muwashahat is that

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muwashahat are more courtly

Question 38

Kalila wa Dimna are the names of

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two jackals

Question 39

Ibn 'Arabi was a great poet who belonged to the neoclassical school of poetry

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false

Question 40

The founder of the genre of maqamat was

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al-Hamadhani

Question 41

The Mu'tazilites were a group of Muslim theologians

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True

Question 42

kitab al-Aghani contained only the songs and poems of the Umayyad era

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False

Question 43

Who is credited for the first clear description and early analysis of the camera obscura.

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Ibn al-Haytham

Question 44

Astrolabes were used in

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astronomical calculations and observations

Question 45

Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān, “Alive son of Awake" is

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a philosophical novel

Question 46

Under the Abbasids, the Islamic caliphate lived the

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Golden Age

Question 47

Muslims rule of Spain lasted from

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711 to 1492 CE

Question 48

in maqamat verbal virtuosity was even more important than content

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True

Question 49

Aristotles philosophy provided the scientific background in the Middle ages

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yes

Question 50

Al-Farabi is known as "the philosopher of the Arabs"

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False

Question 51

One of the following was not an Abbasid caliph

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'Abd al-Malik bin Marwan

Question 52

Which of the following is classified among the neoclassicists

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all of the above

Question 53

Who was known for his great anthology al-ʿIqdal-Farīd (The Unique Necklace)

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Ibn 'Abd Rabbihi

Question 54

Muwashahat is agenre of poetry that followed the form of the classical Arabic qasida

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false

Question 55

Al-Razi wrote "the Canon of Medicine"

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False

Question 56

Al-Razi discovered the pulmonary circulation system

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False

Question 57

In the Incoherence of the Incoherence Ibn Rushd defended Ibn Sina against Ibn Tufayl

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No

Question 58

Ibn Tufayl is the author of "Hayy bin Yaqzan"

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True

Question 59

Ibn Rushd believed that there is no contradiction between philosophy and the teachings of religion.

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True

Question 60

Chief works of philosophy and science were translated during the reign of

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Al-Ma'mun

Question 61

The main challenge was to reconcile

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Islam with secular knowledge

Question 62

the slogan raised by the Abbasids promised authority to

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the people from the house of the prophet

Question 63

Which of the following is classified among the modernist poets in the Abbasid era

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All the mentioned

Question 64

Within few centuries Arabs were able to assimilate almost all ancient learning

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True

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