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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.
(a) English.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Moroccan.
(d) Scottish.

2. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) Their own blood.
(b) The killer's heart.
(c) The royal pig.
(d) A cow.

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

4. To whom did Muhammed give some of the papyri since he felt that he needed to get rid of them before the police found them?
(a) The priest.
(b) A leper.
(c) His cousin.
(d) The King.

5. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Gnosticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?

2. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.

3. When Jesus appears to Mary, what does he tell her not to do, which causes some to question his appearance?

4. The Gnostics, some said, interpreted the resurrection to be something like an apparition that appears in a ________ state.

5. The redefinition of who sees Jesus first is a tradition which first indicated that the direction of the _________ more than the importance of the doctrine.

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