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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?
(a) The royal pig.
(b) Their own blood.
(c) The killer's heart.
(d) A cow.

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

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

4. __________ was far more recognized and abundant than previously thought, especially in the years following Jesus' death.
(a) Judaism.
(b) Gnosticism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

5. There is some speculation that the use of ________ was used in order to indicate that God was both Male and Female.
(a) I.
(b) We.
(c) They.
(d) All.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

2. Jesus says that he will lead Mary, make her _______ so that she too may become a living spirit, resembling the others in the room.

3. The ___________, often called the Watchword of the Jewish faith, proclaims, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One."

4. It is the mixing of the _________________ with normal humanity that engenders the interpretation of the birth of Jesus.

5. Gnostic teachers debated whether or not the Dyad was an actual unified __________, with a male/female structure.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the images of Christ that John and James witness in the Acts of John, discovered before Nag Hammadi?

2. What are the three Gnostic interpretations of the divine that Pagels speaks of in this section of the book?

3. What is the Christian creed some believe was created in order to exclude Marcion?

4. What does Pagels give as an explanation as to why the story of the story of the resurrection seems to be so important to the faithful?

5. How do the Gnostic texts portray the God that is present in the story of Adam and Eve in the tale of creation?

6. Who was the church of the Gnostics confined to, according to this section of the book?

7. What happened when a Roman soldier expressed his contempt for the Jews?

8. What did the Valentinians come to believe about the idea of God? What was He supposed to be?

9. The Gnostics did not stress the idea of obedience to authority, so what did they choose to stress in their communities?

10. What did a letter attributed to the Bishop of Rome around 90 to 100 AD create in official language for the first time?

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