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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) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Phillip.
(d) Thomas.

3. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) A cow.
(b) Their own blood.
(c) The killer's heart.
(d) The royal pig.

4. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.
(a) God.
(b) Truth.
(c) Trust.
(d) Faith.

5. As a result of Marcion's thoughts about the Bible, Iranaeus accused Marcion of _____________.
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Dualism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Some say that the Christian creed was written to specifically exclude ___________ and his followers who were not following the creed.

4. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?

5. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.

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