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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?
(a) Break it.
(b) Touch it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Give it away.

2. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

5. To Iranaeus, the monotheism of the Valentianians was a kind of ________, a hoax that would allow them to participate in the orthodox church.
(a) Veil.
(b) Sin.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Horror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.

3. Valentinus described the Mother as the Grace, the Silence, the _________ and the Mother of All.

4. The Romans believed in divine authority for __________, which eventually led to Inanaeus' death sentence for treason.

5. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?

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