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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the color of the earthenware jar that the Arabs in the area found to contain momentous records of early Christianity?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.
(a) Ruler.
(b) Father.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Pope.

3. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Bishop.
(b) Book.
(c) Bible.
(d) Pope.

4. The resurrection was useful ____________, which is why it became such an important part of religious dogma.
(a) Financially.
(b) Biblically.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) Politically.

5. In a newly discovered Nag Hammadi text, it says, "I am __________. I am both Mother and Father since I copulate with myself. I am the Womb, the All."
(a) The Creation.
(b) The Creator.
(c) The Mover.
(d) Androgynous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?

2. Which of the three principals in the Holy Trinity is genderless, according to Pagels' observations?

3. The Gospel of the Egyptians from the Gnostic texts highlights the Great, Invisible ___________ in its lines.

4. Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership.

5. Clement of Alexandria talks of a __________ gnosis which was promoted by the Valentianians.

(see the answer key)

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