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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) Sabekh.
(b) Sabe.
(c) Selluk.
(d) Selluh.

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

3. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.
(a) Ink.
(b) Quality.
(c) Dating.
(d) Papyrus.

4. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.
(a) Faith.
(b) Trust.
(c) Truth.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1896, the amazing manuscript called the Gospel of _________ was found by a German Egyptologist.

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

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

4. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.

5. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?

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