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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?
(a) The library.
(b) Coptic museum.
(c) Temple.
(d) Black market.

2. "I believe in One God, Father Almighty, _________ of Heaven and Earth" is the Christian creed.
(a) Maker.
(b) Lover.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Guardian.

3. In the traditional orthodox canon, the spirit or the _____________ is gender neutral, but this is not the case everywhere.
(a) Spretha.
(b) Spirui.
(c) Noma.
(d) Pneuma.

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

5. There is some speculation that the use of ________ was used in order to indicate that God was both Male and Female.
(a) All.
(b) I.
(c) They.
(d) We.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?

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

3. Pagels recounts how in the story of _________ that Jesus tells his disciples to reach out and touch him to show he is flesh and bones.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the conversion of a Christian women mentioned in a letter that Justin sent to Emperor Antonius Pius?

2. What does Valentinus present as a further breakdown of the parts of the Dyad?

3. What is the tradition that developed, though not completely logical and contradicted by two other gospels?

4. What did Tertullian find so horrible about those who claimed the secret gnosis?

5. What was the debate the gnostic teachers had about the idea of the Dyad in the relationship of God?

6. Why did the orthodox preserve Christianity, according to the logic of Pagels?

7. What kind of criteria would the Gnostics give as being the true definition of a Christian?

8. After the death of Judas, the only true candidate for succession was which apostle?

9. What did Iranaeus think about the idea of monotheism of the Valentinians and its place in the faith?

10. What is a possible explanation for the burial of the sacred texts in the jar that Mohammed 'Ali found?

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