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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.
(a) Quality.
(b) Ink.
(c) Dating.
(d) Papyrus.

2. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) The Lost.
(b) Fools.
(c) Sheep.
(d) No one.

3. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."
(a) Immortal.
(b) Godlike.
(c) Human.
(d) Spirit.

4. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) The killer's heart.
(b) The royal pig.
(c) Their own blood.
(d) A cow.

5. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Temptation of Christ.
(b) Creation myth.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Fall of Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?

2. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.

3. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.

4. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.

5. In the Testimony of Truth, the text talks of a benign ____________ and a guileful Jehovah.

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