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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Muhammed finally decide was worth breaking open the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) It might contain a map.
(b) It might be cursed.
(c) It might have Christian teachings in it.
(d) It might contain gold.

2. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.
(a) Ali.
(b) Hamad.
(c) Hammadi.
(d) Muhammed.

3. Who is one of the followers who did not recognize Jesus when he reappeared after the resurrection?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) Judas.
(c) Jeramiah.
(d) Simon.

4. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.
(a) John.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Mary.
(d) Phillip.

5. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.
(a) Scottish.
(b) English.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Moroccan.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.

2. After the death of Judas, the only real candidate for succession was ____________ who had also walked with Christ.

3. Two separate versions of Paul's experience in Damascus have spectators hearing the voice, but only one account includes the _________.

4. Pagels recounts how in the story of _________ that Jesus tells his disciples to reach out and touch him to show he is flesh and bones.

5. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."

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