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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Church.
(b) Followers.
(c) Pope.
(d) Guru.

2. The young Christian woman named Blandina was able to withstand tremendous pain and torture, eventually being killed by being tossed in a net and exposed to ____________.
(a) A bull.
(b) A lake.
(c) The elements.
(d) Fire.

3. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.
(a) Writing.
(b) Truth.
(c) Doctrine.
(d) Authority.

4. In 1896, the amazing manuscript called the Gospel of _________ was found by a German Egyptologist.
(a) Roy.
(b) Mary.
(c) James.
(d) Jesus.

5. Tertullian suggested the Gnostics were trying to evade death by changing the story of the _________________, which elevated Christ into a God.
(a) Passion.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Apple.
(d) Creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. To the Romans, the Christians were seen as _____________ since they were also part of an illegal organization.

2. Valentinus described the Mother as the Grace, the Silence, the _________ and the Mother of All.

3. Justin was a philosopher who wrote to the Emperor protesting the treatment of a __________________.

4. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."

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

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