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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sophia further assists Adam and Eve when she saves their descendants during the time of ____________.
(a) The crucifixion.
(b) Noah's ark.
(c) The Black Plague.
(d) Passover.

2. The Testimony of Truth talks about the ideas of ___________ and economic renunciation as components of a holy life.
(a) Sexual abstinence.
(b) Priesthood.
(c) Giving money to the coffers.
(d) Prayer.

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

4. Tertullian claimed that Valentinus' theology was driven by __________, according to the research that Pagels did.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Faith.

5. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) Sekh.
(b) Demon.
(c) Reutl.
(d) Jinn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pagels talks about three different interpretations of the Divine - as the _______, as the Holy Spirit, and as Wisdom.

3. What is another thing the many criteria did for the orthodox church? It consolidated ______________.

4. Hippolytus accused the Bishop of Rome of ___________, claiming that he was treated like a common criminal and not as a Christian martyr.

5. The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria.

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