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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 Muhammed believe might be in the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) Sekh.
(b) Reutl.
(c) Demon.
(d) Jinn.

2. 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.

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

4. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.
(a) Writing.
(b) Authority.
(c) Truth.
(d) Doctrine.

5. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?
(a) Temple.
(b) Coptic museum.
(c) Black market.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership.

2. 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.

3. In the Hypostasis of the Archons, ________ is elevated to being the spiritual mother of Adam, even though other stories contradict this.

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

5. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Pagels want to express in terms of relationship to the Gnostic gospels?

3. What was one of the most important archaeological events that took place in December of 1945?

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

5. What does Jesus tell Thomas when Thomas requests that Jesus give him directions on how to get to the next level?

6. Even during the time of the Reformation, what did the Protestant sects adhere to in terms of a doctrine?

7. When Jesus tells Peter that he will lead her in order to make her male so that she too may become a living spirit, to whom is he referring?

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

9. In the trinity of Christianity, only one of the three principals is genderless, which one?

10. What are some of the explanations that the Gnostics offered for the resurrection stories of Jesus?

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