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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.
(a) Angel.
(b) Monad.
(c) Demon.
(d) Serpent.

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

5. In the Hypostasis of the Archons, ________ is elevated to being the spiritual mother of Adam, even though other stories contradict this.
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) Mary.
(c) Eve.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jesus appears to Mary, what does he tell her not to do, which causes some to question his appearance?

2. Once committed to the Mother and Father of the world, the candidate undertook the secret sacrament of apolytrosis, or _________.

3. Tertullian claimed that Valentinus' theology was driven by __________, according to the research that Pagels did.

4. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.

5. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

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