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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?
(a) Selluk.
(b) Selluh.
(c) Sabe.
(d) Sabekh.

3. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) Jinn.
(b) Demon.
(c) Reutl.
(d) Sekh.

4. What did Muhammad and his brothers embark on in order to avenge the death of their father?
(a) Quest.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Blood feud.
(d) Funeral procession.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?

2. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?

3. The Gospel of the Egyptians from the Gnostic texts highlights the Great, Invisible ___________ in its lines.

4. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.

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

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