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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The orthodox church became increasingly suspicious of anyone who claimed the secret ___________.
(a) Stories.
(b) Gnosis.
(c) Pope.
(d) Scripts.

2. In Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, North American Indian, and other faiths, the ____________ is a conspicuous component of the faith, sometimes to the exclusion of the masculine.
(a) Feminine.
(b) Child.
(c) Genderless one.
(d) Angel.

3. The Gnostic author had nothing but contempt for a congregation of seekers that sought to avoid the firm citadel of Christan ___________.
(a) Confession.
(b) Communion.
(c) Blasphemy.
(d) Crucifixion.

4. 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) Male.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Formless.

5. It is said that at least the Christians had been called by God, unlike the pagans who could be excused for their ____________.
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Idolatry.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Testimony of Truth, the text talks of a benign ____________ and a guileful Jehovah.

2. The Testimony of Truth talks about the ideas of ___________ and economic renunciation as components of a holy life.

3. According to some of the Gnostic gospels, the Creator does not precede mankind at all - there is an immortal __________ that precedes him.

4. Peter distinguishes between the fleshly, suffering Christ and the living Christ, casting even more of a shadow on the idea of the ________________.

5. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

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