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

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) Tangibility.
(b) Movement.
(c) Form.
(d) Immortality.

2. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The Apocalypse.
(c) The Holy Trinity.
(d) The resurrection.

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

4. Paul's statements in his letters seem to indicate that there is a ______________ which he will go to.
(a) Middle world.
(b) Third heaven.
(c) New church.
(d) New leader.

5. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?
(a) Goat meat.
(b) Rice.
(c) Broiled fish.
(d) A loaf of bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The author believes that the resurrection is what sets Christianity apart from other faiths as it deals with __________, not with rebirth.

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

5. The _________ today, according to the Catholic Church, is the only legitimate heir to the humble vestments of Peter.

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