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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.
(a) Immortality.
(b) Form.
(c) Tangibility.
(d) Movement.

2. To whom did Muhammed give some of the papyri since he felt that he needed to get rid of them before the police found them?
(a) His cousin.
(b) A leper.
(c) The King.
(d) The priest.

3. The Gnostic texts call God _________ for punishing Adam and Eve for obtaining spiritual wisdom from a serpent.
(a) Merciful.
(b) Right.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Joyous.

4. Where did one of the most important archaeological events take place in 1945 according to the book?
(a) Upper Egypt.
(b) Middle East.
(c) Lower Egypt.
(d) Sudan.

5. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.
(a) Cognition.
(b) Lights.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1896, the amazing manuscript called the Gospel of _________ was found by a German Egyptologist.

2. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.

3. What kind of teacher was Raghib, the man who told Muhammed that the scrolls might be worth some money?

4. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.

5. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.

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