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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.
(a) Dating.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) Ink.
(d) Quality.

2. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.
(a) Man.
(b) Pain.
(c) God.
(d) Life.

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

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

5. The twelve ____________ had the authority to pass on their power to others, according to orthodox theory.
(a) Women.
(b) Disciples.
(c) Traitors.
(d) Mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Valentine did distinguish between the creator, architect of the World, also known as the ______________, and the actual foundational spirit of the universe.

2. In the Gospel of Thomas, _________ speaks of a light within man that can light up the whole world.

3. Valentinus speaks of a story in which the Feminine Principal, as Wisdom, tries to ____________ by itself, though this does not work.

4. What did Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?

5. Some Gnostic authors see Sophia as the ___________ benevolently having provided the gift of self-awareness to Adam and to Eve.

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