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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.
(a) The resurrection.
(b) The Apocalypse.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) The Holy Trinity.

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

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

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

5. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.
(a) Hamad.
(b) Ali.
(c) Muhammed.
(d) Hammadi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The twelve ____________ had the authority to pass on their power to others, according to orthodox theory.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

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