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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the color of the earthenware jar that the Arabs in the area found to contain momentous records of early Christianity?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

2. Paul's statements in his letters seem to indicate that there is a ______________ which he will go to.
(a) New leader.
(b) New church.
(c) Middle world.
(d) Third heaven.

3. 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.
(a) Church.
(b) Followers.
(c) Guru.
(d) Pope.

4. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?
(a) Used as kindling.
(b) Lost.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Given as gifts.

5. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.
(a) Scottish.
(b) Moroccan.
(c) Turkish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?

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

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

5. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.

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