Episode 115 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 115: The Life of Muhammad, Part 2. See what you remember about the first five years after the Hijra of 622 by clicking START, below!

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Muhammad’s youngest wife was named:

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Though Muhammad ended up having more, this number of wives was considered permissible in Late Antique Arabia for men of a high social standing.

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After the death of Abu Jahl, the most powerful opponent Muhammad had among the Quraysh was:

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What does “banu” mean?

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This man recommended digging a trench around Medina to help defend it in the spring of 627.

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These were the MEDINANS who had converted to Islam in the Prophet Muhammad’s community after the Hijra of 622, as disinct from the Meccans who had converted to Islam and immigrated to Medina.

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This man married Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima:

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Muhammad exiled this Jewish tribe from Medina and confiscated much of their property in 625.

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These were the MECCAN townspeople who had first converted to Islam, and who immigrated to Yathrib/Medina in 622 (not, in other words, the Medinans who converted).

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Aisha fatefully lost something late in 627, ultimately resulting in tension between Ali and Abu Bakr. What did she lose?

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According to tradition, how was the location for the Prophet’s Mosque in present-day Medina selected?

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This man was wounded at the Battle of Uhud:

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The first battle between the Muslims and the Quraysh was fought in the spring of 624. It is known as the Battle of:

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Which of the following did Muhammad NOT acquire in the 620s?

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Upon arriving in Medina in 622, Muhammad found his group’s political situation there to be:

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The Constitution of Medina, at its heart, is:

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In 622, the Muslims immigrated to Yathrib/Medina. We learned a lot about the northern city in this episode. Which of the following is NOT true about Yathrib/Medina in 622?

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Bilal ibn Rabah was selected to call out the five daily prayers in the summer of 622, following the Hijra. This means that Bilal was the first:

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Muhammad, assenting to the verdict of the Aws sheikh Sa’d in the wake of the Battle of the Trench, had all of the adult males of this Jewish tribe beheaded in the spring of 627:

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This Meccan tribe controlled the pilgrimage economy and many of its bigwigs opposed Muhammad after the Hijra of 622.

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