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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Valentinians who led normal lives still regarded ____________ as their primary goal, even as they gave up some worldly pleasures.
(a) Gnosis.
(b) Pain.
(c) Writing.
(d) Community.

2. According to some of the Gnostic gospels, the Creator does not precede mankind at all - there is an immortal __________ that precedes him.
(a) Demon.
(b) Womb.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Mother.

3. Pagels wonders if it was the __________ function of the Church which allowed it to be kept alive for so many years.
(a) Social.
(b) Sacrament.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Punishment.

4. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.
(a) Faith.
(b) Truth.
(c) God.
(d) Trust.

5. In the works of the philosopher, Nietzsche, he speaks of Jesus as being the only true _____________.
(a) Gnostic.
(b) Christian.
(c) Believer.
(d) Lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1896, the amazing manuscript called the Gospel of _________ was found by a German Egyptologist.

2. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.

3. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.

4. Where did one of the most important archaeological events take place in 1945 according to the book?

5. Pagels recounts how in the story of _________ that Jesus tells his disciples to reach out and touch him to show he is flesh and bones.

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