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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Scholars.
(b) Fishermen.
(c) Tax men.
(d) Carpenters.

4. To whom did Muhammed give some of the papyri since he felt that he needed to get rid of them before the police found them?
(a) The priest.
(b) His cousin.
(c) The King.
(d) A leper.

5. 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.
(a) Luke.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Matthew.

Short Answer Questions

1. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.

2. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?

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

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

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

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