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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?
(a) British Museum.
(b) Jung Foundation.
(c) Egyptian Museum.
(d) His father.

3. The twelve ____________ had the authority to pass on their power to others, according to orthodox theory.
(a) Women.
(b) Disciples.
(c) Traitors.
(d) Mothers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Two separate versions of Paul's experience in Damascus have spectators hearing the voice, but only one account includes the _________.

4. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.

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

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