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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hebrew term for Spirit is _______________, as the author prefers this term from the Secret Book.
(a) Feminine.
(b) Neuter.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Questionable.

2. 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.

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

4. The Gnostic texts call God _________ for punishing Adam and Eve for obtaining spiritual wisdom from a serpent.
(a) Jealous.
(b) Right.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Merciful.

5. Tertullian noted the way that _______ were so eagerly accepted in all facets of church society with great horror.
(a) Boys.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

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

7. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Mary.

8. The redefinition of who sees Jesus first is a tradition which first indicated that the direction of the _________ more than the importance of the doctrine.
(a) Pope.
(b) Guru.
(c) Church.
(d) Followers.

9. 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) Two Gods.
(c) Lies in the Bible.
(d) Two Bibles.

10. There is some speculation that there are actually two ____________ involved in the story of Mary and Jesus.
(a) Virgins.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Births.
(d) Gods.

11. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.
(a) Magnify.
(b) Proclaim.
(c) Consolidate.
(d) Identify.

12. The author believes that the resurrection is what sets Christianity apart from other faiths as it deals with __________, not with rebirth.
(a) Cycles.
(b) Death.
(c) Life and death.
(d) Life.

13. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."
(a) God.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Faith.

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

15. Gnostic teachers debated whether or not the Dyad was an actual unified __________, with a male/female structure.
(a) Movement.
(b) Idea.
(c) Monad.
(d) Being.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Another Gnostic text, the Gospel of ____________, highlighted a relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus.

5. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?

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