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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The advice of Jesus to Thomas was attractive to the ____________ as it indicated there was only a strict and narrow path to Heaven.
(a) Gnostic.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Orthodoxy.
(d) Pagan.

2. __________ united Gnostic brethren together and that brotherhood was paramount, not the obedience to any clergy.
(a) The Bible.
(b) God's laws.
(c) Gnosis.
(d) Jesus.

3. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?
(a) Give it away.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Break it.
(d) Touch it.

4. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?
(a) Used as kindling.
(b) Lost.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Given as gifts.

5. Valentinus described the Mother as the Grace, the Silence, the _________ and the Mother of All.
(a) Womb.
(b) Air.
(c) Dress.
(d) Chalice.

Short Answer Questions

1. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.

2. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

3. The Hebrew term for Spirit is _______________, as the author prefers this term from the Secret Book.

4. What was the color of the earthenware jar that the Arabs in the area found to contain momentous records of early Christianity?

5. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.

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