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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Paul's statements in his letters seem to indicate that there is a ______________ which he will go to.
(a) New leader.
(b) New church.
(c) Middle world.
(d) Third heaven.

3. In the Apocryphon of John, the ____________ was the Holy Spirit as a part of the Holy Trinity.
(a) Father.
(b) Light.
(c) Mother.
(d) Son.

4. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?
(a) Black market.
(b) The library.
(c) Coptic museum.
(d) Temple.

5. Once committed to the Mother and Father of the world, the candidate undertook the secret sacrament of apolytrosis, or _________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Release.
(d) Blessing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.

3. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.

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

5. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?

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