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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Gospel of Truth, there is a passage called the ____________ parable in which it's said that man acts as if he were sunk in sleep.
(a) Demon.
(b) Truth.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Witness.

3. Valentine did distinguish between the creator, architect of the World, also known as the ______________, and the actual foundational spirit of the universe.
(a) Durmage.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Triton.
(d) Demiurge.

4. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?
(a) Selluk.
(b) Selluh.
(c) Sabekh.
(d) Sabe.

5. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.
(a) John.
(b) Mary.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Phillip.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ united Gnostic brethren together and that brotherhood was paramount, not the obedience to any clergy.

2. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.

3. Justin was a philosopher who wrote to the Emperor protesting the treatment of a __________________.

4. The _________ today, according to the Catholic Church, is the only legitimate heir to the humble vestments of Peter.

5. When it came to discriminate as to the true Church, ______ pervaded even the sanctum of the orthodox.

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