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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. There are some descriptions of the resurrection that could raise some questions about the _____________ of the event.
(a) Physicality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Timeline.
(d) Movement.

2. In the traditional orthodox canon, the spirit or the _____________ is gender neutral, but this is not the case everywhere.
(a) Spretha.
(b) Noma.
(c) Pneuma.
(d) Spirui.

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

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

5. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?
(a) Egyptian Museum.
(b) Jung Foundation.
(c) His father.
(d) British Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus the ______ received his visions in feminine form and in his Gnostic masses represented her blood as wine.

2. The Gnostics, some said, interpreted the resurrection to be something like an apparition that appears in a ________ state.

3. 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."

4. Pagels talks about three different interpretations of the Divine - as the _______, as the Holy Spirit, and as Wisdom.

5. Some say that the Christian creed was written to specifically exclude ___________ and his followers who were not following the creed.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mohammed 'Ali do when he realized there wasn't any treasure in the jar that he had found?

2. Describe the idea of the social reality in which those who practice orthodox faith live.

3. What is a possible explanation for the burial of the sacred texts in the jar that Mohammed 'Ali found?

4. After the death of Judas, the only true candidate for succession was which apostle?

5. What is the tradition that developed, though not completely logical and contradicted by two other gospels?

6. When Paul is writing in his letters, he refers to something that is 'whether it is in the body or out of the body I do not know.' What is he referring to?

7. What did the Roman Empire seem to think of the new following of Jesus and the development of Christianity?

8. What do most people agree about in terms of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

9. What does Pagels point out in terms of the orthodox church's agenda in relation to conformity?

10. In the Testimony of Truth, what does the Gnostic author offer as components of a holy life?

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