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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Valentinus described the Mother as the Grace, the Silence, the _________ and the Mother of All.
(a) Dress.
(b) Chalice.
(c) Womb.
(d) Air.

2. Jesus says that he will lead Mary, make her _______ so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling the others in the room.
(a) An angel.
(b) Formless.
(c) Male.
(d) Goddess.

3. Who is sometimes seen as a child, sometimes as a handsome young man, others times as a balding man with a beard?
(a) John.
(b) Mary.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jesus.

4. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) Sekh.
(b) Demon.
(c) Reutl.
(d) Jinn.

5. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.
(a) Doctrine.
(b) Authority.
(c) Truth.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.

2. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.

3. Valentine did distinguish between the creator, architect of the World, also known as the ______________, and the actual foundational spirit of the universe.

4. In the Apocryphon of John, the ____________ was the Holy Spirit as a part of the Holy Trinity.

5. There is some speculation that the use of ________ was used in order to indicate that God was both Male and Female.

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