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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The twelve ____________ had the authority to pass on their power to others, according to orthodox theory.
(a) Traitors.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Disciples.
(d) Women.

3. A letter to the Bishop of Rome stated the difference between ________ and priesthood, defining the reality of the Roman church.
(a) Satan worship.
(b) Laity.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Gnosticism.

4. In 1896, the amazing manuscript called the Gospel of _________ was found by a German Egyptologist.
(a) Mary.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Roy.
(d) James.

5. In the traditional orthodox canon, the spirit or the _____________ is gender neutral, but this is not the case everywhere.
(a) Pneuma.
(b) Spretha.
(c) Noma.
(d) Spirui.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.

2. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.

3. 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.

4. "I believe in One God, Father Almighty, _________ of Heaven and Earth" is the Christian creed.

5. A tradition developed that included the idea that __________ was the first to have seen Jesus after he rose from the dead.

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