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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marion concluded that there were ___________ because of the brutal God in the Old Testament and the compassionate God in the New Testament.
(a) False texts.
(b) Lies in the Bible.
(c) Two Gods.
(d) Two Bibles.

2. Valentinus speaks of a story in which the Feminine Principal, as Wisdom, tries to ____________ by itself, though this does not work.
(a) Fly.
(b) Conceive.
(c) Marry.
(d) Swim.

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

4. A tradition developed that included the idea that __________ was the first to have seen Jesus after he rose from the dead.
(a) Mary.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Matthew.

5. In the Gospel of Thomas, Peter tells Mary to leave them because _________ are not worthy of life, but Jesus responds.
(a) They.
(b) The Apostles.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.

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

3. Gnostic teachers debated whether or not the Dyad was an actual unified __________, with a male/female structure.

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

5. The resurrection was useful ____________, which is why it became such an important part of religious dogma.

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