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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Gnostic author speaks of a baptism of _________ rather than a baptism of water.
(a) Honor.
(b) Family.
(c) Truth.
(d) Faith.

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) Male.
(b) Formless.
(c) Goddess.
(d) An angel.

3. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Scholars.
(b) Tax men.
(c) Carpenters.
(d) Fishermen.

4. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Fall of Eden.
(b) Creation myth.
(c) Temptation of Christ.
(d) Resurrection.

5. Valentinus speaks of a story in which the Feminine Principal, as Wisdom, tries to ____________ by itself, though this does not work.
(a) Conceive.
(b) Marry.
(c) Swim.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gnostic teachers debated whether or not the Dyad was an actual unified __________, with a male/female structure.

2. The Testimony of Truth does not confine its attacks to the orthodoxy, but also directs its attentions to the deficiencies of supposedly immature ________.

3. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.

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

5. The Gnostic author had nothing but contempt for a congregation of seekers that sought to avoid the firm citadel of Christan ___________.

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