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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.
(a) Turkish.
(b) Moroccan.
(c) Scottish.
(d) English.

2. Some Gnostic authors see Sophia as the ___________ benevolently having provided the gift of self-awareness to Adam and to Eve.
(a) Goddess.
(b) Apple.
(c) Tree.
(d) Serpent.

3. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?
(a) His father.
(b) Jung Foundation.
(c) Egyptian Museum.
(d) British Museum.

4. Justin was a philosopher who wrote to the Emperor protesting the treatment of a __________________.
(a) Christian woman.
(b) Disciple of Jesus.
(c) Whore.
(d) Christian man.

5. Valentine did distinguish between the creator, architect of the World, also known as the ______________, and the actual foundational spirit of the universe.
(a) Demiurge.
(b) Durmage.
(c) Ruler.
(d) Triton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Gnostic teachers tell the story of the ___________ differently from their orthodox brethren, according to Pagels.

2. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.

3. In the Apocryphon of John, the ____________ was the Holy Spirit as a part of the Holy Trinity.

4. Valentinus speaks of a story in which the Feminine Principal, as Wisdom, tries to ____________ by itself, though this does not work.

5. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.

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