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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.
(a) Tangibility.
(b) Movement.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Form.

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

4. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) Broiled fish.
(c) Goat meat.
(d) Rice.

5. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Phillip.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?

3. The resurrection was useful ____________, which is why it became such an important part of religious dogma.

4. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?

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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