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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Muhammed finally decide was worth breaking open the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) It might contain gold.
(b) It might contain a map.
(c) It might be cursed.
(d) It might have Christian teachings in it.

2. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) Fools.
(b) Sheep.
(c) The Lost.
(d) No one.

3. A tradition developed that included the idea that __________ was the first to have seen Jesus after he rose from the dead.
(a) Peter.
(b) Matthew.
(c) John.
(d) Mary.

4. The Gospel of the Egyptians from the Gnostic texts highlights the Great, Invisible ___________ in its lines.
(a) Ghost.
(b) Universe.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Goddess.

5. In the Testimony of Truth, the text talks of a benign ____________ and a guileful Jehovah.
(a) Serpent.
(b) Women.
(c) Adam.
(d) Tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?

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

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

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