1) The work of hadith collection was completed:

1. in the fifth century AD.
2. in the seventh century AD.
3. in the third century of Hijrah.
4. in the fourth century of Hijrah.

2) The most important method of preserving hadith were:

1. teacher reading hadith correctly to a student, or student reading hadith correctly to the teacher.
2. inherited books.
3. finding buried manuscripts.
4. none of the above.

3) The most important work of hadith in the third stage of collection is:

1. Sahih Bukhari.
2. Sahih Muslim.
3. Muwatta of Imam Malik.
4. Musnad of Imam Ahmad.

4) The third stage of hadith collection is characterized by:

1. traveling in search of hadith.
2. official efforts to preserve hadith.
3. issuance of definite orders by the Umayyad Caliph, that written collections of hadith should be made.
4. All of the above.

5) The most important works from the fourth stage of hadith collection are:

1. Musnad of Imam Ahmad and Sahih al-Bukhari.
2. Muwatta of Imam Malik and Sahih al-Jami’.
3. Musnad of Imam Ahmad and Muwatta of Imam Malik.
4. Muwatta of Imam Malik and Sahih al-Bukhari.