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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.
(a) Magnify.
(b) Identify.
(c) Consolidate.
(d) Proclaim.

2. The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria.
(a) Objective.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Truthful.

3. Some Gnostic authors see Sophia as the ___________ benevolently having provided the gift of self-awareness to Adam and to Eve.
(a) Apple.
(b) Serpent.
(c) Tree.
(d) Goddess.

4. A group of _____________was given a month to reconsider its fate, but eventually and happily they went to their death, much to the confusion of the judge.
(a) Pagans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Christians.

5. Ignatius placed the presence of the ____________ as the legitimizing force in administering the sacrament and in holding meetings.
(a) Pope.
(b) Layperson.
(c) Priest.
(d) Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.

2. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.

3. Who took a mediating position with the Christian Church, though they had internal problems as to how to view the orthodox?

4. To the Gnostics, the body of the orthodox church, the mass of _________ believers was outside of the true Church.

5. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.

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