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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?
(a) 11.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

2. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?
(a) Touch it.
(b) Give it away.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Break it.

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

4. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Book.
(b) Bible.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Pope.

5. The author believes that the resurrection is what sets Christianity apart from other faiths as it deals with __________, not with rebirth.
(a) Life and death.
(b) Life.
(c) Death.
(d) Cycles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Marion concluded that there were ___________ because of the brutal God in the Old Testament and the compassionate God in the New Testament.

4. Tertullian claimed that Valentinus' theology was driven by __________, according to the research that Pagels did.

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

(see the answer key)

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