The Gnostic Gospels Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Introduction

1. What was one of the most important archaeological events that took place in December of 1945?

2. What were Muhammed 'Ali al Summan and his brothers digging for when they made the important discovery?

3. Why didn't Mohammed and his brothers want to break open the jar that they found as they were digging?

4. What did Mohammed 'Ali do when he realized there wasn't any treasure in the jar that he had found?

5. What did Mohammed and his brothers do to the man who was responsible...
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