1 |
And he left a statement, we are told, which said that he had known only ________ days of happiness |
fifty
fourteen
forty
four
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2 |
Never before was Cordova so prosperous, Andalusia so rich and the state to _________ |
weak
defeated
triumphant
crippled
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3 |
The royal revenue amounted to 624500 __________ |
rupees
dollars
pounds
dinars
|
4 |
In Al-Zahra the caliph surrounded himself with a bodyguard of ________ which numbered 3750 |
slaves
women
masons
labourers
|
5 |
10000 workmen with 1500 beasts of burden laboured on Al-Zahara for a ________ of years |
dozen
score
century
millennium
|
6 |
The royal _________ was Al-Zahra |
mosque
bath
palace
city
|
7 |
Cordova yielded in magnificence only to _________ and Contantionople |
London
Paris
Berlin
Baghdad
|
8 |
Caliph Abd-al-Rahman's court was one of the most glorious in all _________ |
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
|
9 |
In more than one sense he initiated the ________ movement |
instruction
intellectual
fluctual
structural
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10 |
Besides the great mosque the capital could already boast a bridge over the river _________ |
Danube
Rhine
Guadalquivir
Thames
|
11 |
With its froest of stately _________ and its spacious outer court, it has survived to the present day |
rooms
roofs
floors
columns
|
12 |
The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors |
completed
curtailed
minimised
shortened
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13 |
Two years before his death in 788 Abd-al-Rahman founded the great __________ of Cordova |
church
mosque
tomb
palace
|
14 |
To a lonely __________ tree in his garden said to be the first imported from Syria, he addressed some tender verses of his own composition |
peach
plum
palm
banana
|
15 |
To his villa he brought water and introduced _________ plants such as peaches and pemegranates |
exorcist
erratic
systematic
exotic
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16 |
He erected for himself a palace and garden outside __________ in imitation of the palace built in Syria |
Cordova
Gharnata
Alhambra
Ceuta
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17 |
When his realm consolidated Abd-al Rahman turned to the arts of __________ |
war
peace
piece
pease
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18 |
Spain had thus been the first province to shake ________ the authority of the recognized caliph in Islam |
on
of
off
for
|
19 |
He did not assume the caliph's title but contented himself with the title ______ |
Wazir
Amir
Kabir
Jahangir
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20 |
In ______, he discontinued the Friday sermon, hitherto delivered in the name of the Abbasid Caliph |
773
873
973
1073
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