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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.
(a) Proclaim.
(b) Magnify.
(c) Identify.
(d) Consolidate.

2. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) The royal pig.
(b) A cow.
(c) Their own blood.
(d) The killer's heart.

3. The resurrection was useful ____________, which is why it became such an important part of religious dogma.
(a) Politically.
(b) Biblically.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) Financially.

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

5. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) Goat meat.
(c) Broiled fish.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Hypostasis of the Archons, ________ is elevated to being the spiritual mother of Adam, even though other stories contradict this.

2. Peter distinguishes between the fleshly, suffering Christ and the living Christ, casting even more of a shadow on the idea of the ________________.

3. Tertullian noted the way that _______ were so eagerly accepted in all facets of church society with great horror.

4. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.

5. The vision of Jesus does not blink and it does not leave _____________ when it is moving in the world.

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