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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Fall of Eden.
(c) Creation myth.
(d) Temptation of Christ.

2. After the death of Judas, the only real candidate for succession was ____________ who had also walked with Christ.
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Mathias.
(c) Matthew.
(d) John.

3. Valentinus described God as the Father, the Ineffable, the Depth, and the Primal ______________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Void.
(c) Leader.
(d) Father.

4. 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) Formless.
(b) An angel.
(c) Male.
(d) Goddess.

5. What does Jesus eat before the eyes of his disciples after he has risen from the death, according to some accounts?
(a) Goat meat.
(b) Rice.
(c) Broiled fish.
(d) A loaf of bread.

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

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

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

9. The language in many texts respects the idea of the female, though not in pagan terms, rather in presenting God as a Mother/Father ______.
(a) Family.
(b) Group.
(c) Figure.
(d) Dyad.

10. The orthodox church became increasingly suspicious of anyone who claimed the secret ___________.
(a) Pope.
(b) Gnosis.
(c) Stories.
(d) Scripts.

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

12. The ___________, often called the Watchword of the Jewish faith, proclaims, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One."
(a) Shiel.
(b) Spiel.
(c) Schma.
(d) L'chaim.

13. Marcus offered the cup of wine and says into which ___________ may flow during the masses he gave.
(a) Understanding.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) Grace.

14. 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 Gods.
(d) Two Bibles.

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

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. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.

3. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?

4. In the Apocryphon of John, the ____________ was the Holy Spirit as a part of the Holy Trinity.

5. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.

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