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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Gospel of the Egyptians from the Gnostic texts highlights the Great, Invisible ___________ in its lines.
(a) Spirit.
(b) Universe.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Ghost.

2. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.
(a) Immortality.
(b) Form.
(c) Tangibility.
(d) Movement.

3. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.
(a) Gnosticism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

4. The Gnostics did not stress the idea of obedience to authority, but rather ___________ with those united in communion.
(a) Government.
(b) Hierarchy.
(c) Partnership.
(d) Fellowship.

5. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) The killer's heart.
(b) The royal pig.
(c) Their own blood.
(d) A cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.

2. Once committed to the Mother and Father of the world, the candidate undertook the secret sacrament of apolytrosis, or _________.

3. Justin also wrote about the bravery and dignity of ____________ when they were put under terrible torture conditions.

4. Marcus the ______ received his visions in feminine form and in his Gnostic masses represented her blood as wine.

5. The Roman Empire realized that Christianity was a sect which followed a man accused of ___________ and of magic.

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