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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two separate versions of Paul's experience in Damascus have spectators hearing the voice, but only one account includes the _________.
(a) Storm.
(b) Cross.
(c) Light.
(d) Burning bush.

2. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. Marion concluded that there were ___________ because of the brutal God in the Old Testament and the compassionate God in the New Testament.
(a) False texts.
(b) Lies in the Bible.
(c) Two Bibles.
(d) Two Gods.

4. To whom did Muhammed give some of the papyri since he felt that he needed to get rid of them before the police found them?
(a) The priest.
(b) The King.
(c) A leper.
(d) His cousin.

5. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.
(a) Lights.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Writing.
(d) Cognition.

6. "I believe in One God, Father Almighty, _________ of Heaven and Earth" is the Christian creed.
(a) Destroyer.
(b) Maker.
(c) Guardian.
(d) Lover.

7. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

8. 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."
(a) The Creator.
(b) The Mover.
(c) The Creation.
(d) Androgynous.

9. What was the color of the earthenware jar that the Arabs in the area found to contain momentous records of early Christianity?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

10. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.
(a) The resurrection.
(b) The Apocalypse.
(c) The Holy Trinity.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

11. The Gnostic teachers tell the story of the ___________ differently from their orthodox brethren, according to Pagels.
(a) Temple.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Garden of Eden.

12. In Christianity, Judaism and in Islam, God is the king, lord, master, judge, and ____________.
(a) Soldier.
(b) Pope.
(c) Father.
(d) Ruler.

13. Theologians from many Western religions do contend that God is beyond ____________, according to Pagels.
(a) Truth.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Gender.
(d) Light.

14. The Gnostics, some said, interpreted the resurrection to be something like an apparition that appears in a ________ state.
(a) Rage.
(b) Birth.
(c) Dream.
(d) Fever.

15. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Pope.
(b) Book.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.

2. The Romans believed in divine authority for __________, which eventually led to Inanaeus' death sentence for treason.

3. In the Testimony of Truth, the text talks of a benign ____________ and a guileful Jehovah.

4. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.

5. Valentinus described God as the Father, the Ineffable, the Depth, and the Primal ______________.

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