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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marion concluded that there were ___________ because of the brutal God in the Old Testament and the compassionate God in the New Testament.
(a) Lies in the Bible.
(b) Two Bibles.
(c) False texts.
(d) Two Gods.

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

3. The redefinition of who sees Jesus first is a tradition which first indicated that the direction of the _________ more than the importance of the doctrine.
(a) Church.
(b) Guru.
(c) Pope.
(d) Followers.

4. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.
(a) Father.
(b) Pope.
(c) Ruler.
(d) Soldier.

5. Who is sometimes seen as a child, sometimes as a handsome young man, others times as a balding man with a beard?
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is some speculation that there are actually two ____________ involved in the story of Mary and Jesus.

2. Jesus says that he will lead Mary, make her _______ so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling the others in the room.

3. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.

4. Justin speaks of a woman who was converted to Christianity by her teacher, ______________, and then she was a better person.

5. It is the mixing of the _________________ with normal humanity that engenders the interpretation of the birth of Jesus.

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