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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paul's statements in his letters seem to indicate that there is a ______________ which he will go to.
(a) Middle world.
(b) Third heaven.
(c) New leader.
(d) New church.

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

3. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.
(a) God.
(b) Faith.
(c) Truth.
(d) Trust.

4. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."
(a) Spirit.
(b) Godlike.
(c) Immortal.
(d) Human.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Valentinus described God as the Father, the Ineffable, the Depth, and the Primal ______________.

2. The writings of Peter state that the Gnostics believed the orthodox church was an/a ____________ church which claims exclusive legitimacy.

3. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.

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

5. The Gnostics were not only attacked by __________, but also by those who advanced the name of Christ.

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