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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.
(a) Peter.
(b) Mary.
(c) Matthew.
(d) John.

4. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) No one.
(b) Fools.
(c) The Lost.
(d) Sheep.

5. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."
(a) Faith.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?

4. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?

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

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