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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Fall of Eden.
(b) Temptation of Christ.
(c) Creation myth.
(d) Resurrection.

2. To Iranaeus, the monotheism of the Valentianians was a kind of ________, a hoax that would allow them to participate in the orthodox church.
(a) Veil.
(b) Horror.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Sin.

3. The Gnostics, some said, interpreted the resurrection to be something like an apparition that appears in a ________ state.
(a) Birth.
(b) Fever.
(c) Dream.
(d) Rage.

4. 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) Their own blood.
(c) A cow.
(d) The killer's heart.

5. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.
(a) Hamad.
(b) Ali.
(c) Muhammed.
(d) Hammadi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.

2. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.

3. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?

4. A letter to the Bishop of Rome stated the difference between ________ and priesthood, defining the reality of the Roman church.

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

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