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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Valentinus described the Mother as the Grace, the Silence, the _________ and the Mother of All.
(a) Air.
(b) Dress.
(c) Chalice.
(d) Womb.

2. Polycarb refused the __________________ and was burned alive because of his Christian beliefs.
(a) Bread.
(b) Ritual drink.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Goat.

3. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?
(a) Selluh.
(b) Sabekh.
(c) Sabe.
(d) Selluk.

4. Gnostic teachers debated whether or not the Dyad was an actual unified __________, with a male/female structure.
(a) Idea.
(b) Being.
(c) Movement.
(d) Monad.

5. Clement of Alexandria talks of a __________ gnosis which was promoted by the Valentianians.
(a) Polytheistic.
(b) Dualistic.
(c) Monadic.
(d) Trinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.

2. In the traditional orthodox canon, the spirit or the _____________ is gender neutral, but this is not the case everywhere.

3. After the death of Jesus, a ______________ soldier was the one who started the riot in the Temple, causing many deaths in the process.

4. To the Gnostics, the definition of a true Christan was one that had spiritual ___________.

5. The Roman Empire believed that the Christian followers saw their many pagan gods as _______________.

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