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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tradition developed that included the idea that __________ was the first to have seen Jesus after he rose from the dead.
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Mary.
(d) Matthew.

2. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Tax men.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Carpenters.

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

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.
(a) Peter.
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) John.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

2. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.

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

4. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.

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

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