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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two separate versions of Paul's experience in Damascus have spectators hearing the voice, but only one account includes the _________.
(a) Light.
(b) Storm.
(c) Burning bush.
(d) Cross.

2. The resurrection was useful ____________, which is why it became such an important part of religious dogma.
(a) Biblically.
(b) Politically.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) Financially.

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

4. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Creation myth.
(c) Fall of Eden.
(d) Temptation of Christ.

5. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.
(a) Movement.
(b) Physicality.
(c) Truth.
(d) Timeline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?

2. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?

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

4. What did Muhammed finally decide was worth breaking open the jar that he and his brothers found?

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

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