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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jesus says that he will lead Mary, make her _______ so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling the others in the room.
(a) An angel.
(b) Goddess.
(c) Formless.
(d) Male.

2. Frederik Wiss speculates that perhaps the Nag Hammadi find was the results of __________ at St. Pachomius.
(a) Children.
(b) Priests.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Monks.

3. Hippolytus accused the Bishop of Rome of ___________, claiming that he was treated like a common criminal and not as a Christian martyr.
(a) Paganism.
(b) Unrest.
(c) Vagary.
(d) Criminality.

4. Pagels points out that it was not the orthodox church's agenda to eliminate all ____________ from the church.
(a) Pulpits.
(b) Controversy.
(c) Christians.
(d) Pagans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a newly discovered Nag Hammadi text, it says, "I am __________. I am both Mother and Father since I copulate with myself. I am the Womb, the All."

2. What did Muhammed finally decide was worth breaking open the jar that he and his brothers found?

3. Some say that the Christian creed was written to specifically exclude ___________ and his followers who were not following the creed.

4. The Valentians speak of ___________ giving birth to the world out of their own suffering.

5. Tertullian later spoke of joining a spiritual church for spiritual people, not a church for ___________.

(see the answer key)

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