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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership.
(a) The Gnostics.
(b) The Church.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Romans.

2. Tertullian later spoke of joining a spiritual church for spiritual people, not a church for ___________.
(a) Non-believers.
(b) The lost.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Bishops.

3. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.
(a) Gnosticism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

4. At one point, some monks were ordered to destroy _________ texts, along with other monastic brethren, though some were not.
(a) Confusing.
(b) Long.
(c) Heretical.
(d) Blank.

5. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.
(a) Demon.
(b) Monad.
(c) Angel.
(d) Serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?

2. To the Romans, the Christians were seen as _____________ since they were also part of an illegal organization.

3. Pagels makes a reader question: Is the Kingdom of God more truly __________________?

4. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.

5. Tertullian claimed that Valentinus' theology was driven by __________, according to the research that Pagels did.

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