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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The resurrection.
(c) The Apocalypse.
(d) The Holy Trinity.

2. The orthodox church became increasingly suspicious of anyone who claimed the secret ___________.
(a) Gnosis.
(b) Pope.
(c) Stories.
(d) Scripts.

3. Who is one of the followers who did not recognize Jesus when he reappeared after the resurrection?
(a) Simon.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Judas.
(d) Jeramiah.

4. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) No one.
(b) Fools.
(c) Sheep.
(d) The Lost.

5. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.
(a) Dating.
(b) Quality.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Ink.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to some of the Gnostic gospels, the Creator does not precede mankind at all - there is an immortal __________ that precedes him.

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

3. To Iranaeus, the monotheism of the Valentianians was a kind of ________, a hoax that would allow them to participate in the orthodox church.

4. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?

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

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