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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marcus the ______ received his visions in feminine form and in his Gnostic masses represented her blood as wine.
(a) Priest.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Magician.
(d) Pope.

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

3. The redefinition of who sees Jesus first is a tradition which first indicated that the direction of the _________ more than the importance of the doctrine.
(a) Guru.
(b) Pope.
(c) Church.
(d) Followers.

4. In a newly discovered Nag Hammadi text, it says, "I am __________. I am both Mother and Father since I copulate with myself. I am the Womb, the All."
(a) Androgynous.
(b) The Creator.
(c) The Mover.
(d) The Creation.

5. What is another thing the many criteria did for the orthodox church? It consolidated ______________.
(a) Power.
(b) Celebrants.
(c) Priests.
(d) Beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To the Gnostics, the body of the orthodox church, the mass of _________ believers was outside of the true Church.

3. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.

4. Jesus says that he will lead Mary, make her _______ so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling the others in the room.

5. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.

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