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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.
(a) Lights.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Writing.

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

3. Marcus the ______ received his visions in feminine form and in his Gnostic masses represented her blood as wine.
(a) Priest.
(b) Magician.
(c) Pope.
(d) Reverend.

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

5. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.
(a) Angel.
(b) Serpent.
(c) Demon.
(d) Monad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.

2. There is some speculation that there are actually two ____________ involved in the story of Mary and Jesus.

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

4. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?

5. There is some speculation that the use of ________ was used in order to indicate that God was both Male and Female.

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