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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One argument against the orthodox is that Christians refuse to truly seek God who can only be found in the fulfillment of the _________.
(a) Bible.
(b) Gnosis.
(c) Pulpit.
(d) Commandments.

2. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) Sheep.
(b) The Lost.
(c) No one.
(d) Fools.

3. When it came to discriminate as to the true Church, ______ pervaded even the sanctum of the orthodox.
(a) Inequality.
(b) Irony.
(c) Terror.
(d) Greed.

4. Pagels talks about three different interpretations of the Divine - as the _______, as the Holy Spirit, and as Wisdom.
(a) Grace.
(b) Silence.
(c) Belief.
(d) Truth.

5. When Jesus appears to Mary, what does he tell her not to do, which causes some to question his appearance?
(a) Leave.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Cry.
(d) Tell anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus offered the cup of wine and says into which ___________ may flow during the masses he gave.

2. A tradition developed that included the idea that __________ was the first to have seen Jesus after he rose from the dead.

3. It is the mixing of the _________________ with normal humanity that engenders the interpretation of the birth of Jesus.

4. A Gnostic author speaks of a baptism of _________ rather than a baptism of water.

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

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