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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Church of the Gnostics was confined to the __________, the experiencers of God generally speaking.
(a) Knowers.
(b) Followers.
(c) Doers.
(d) Seekers.

2. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.
(a) Form.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Tangibility.
(d) Movement.

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

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

5. 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.
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Luke.
(d) Matthew.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is some speculation that there are actually two ____________ involved in the story of Mary and Jesus.

2. Hippolytus accused the Bishop of Rome of ___________, claiming that he was treated like a common criminal and not as a Christian martyr.

3. One argument against the orthodox is that Christians refuse to truly seek God who can only be found in the fulfillment of the _________.

4. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.

5. John, emotionally distraught over the crucifixion, announces the Trinity as the Father, Mother and __________.

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