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

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

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

4. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.
(a) Movement.
(b) Tangibility.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Form.

5. The _________ today, according to the Catholic Church, is the only legitimate heir to the humble vestments of Peter.
(a) Cardinals.
(b) Pope.
(c) Cathedrals.
(d) Saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of teacher was Raghib, the man who told Muhammed that the scrolls might be worth some money?

2. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."

3. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?

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

5. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has created a lot of controversy when it comes to discussions between scholars of biblical texts?

3. What were Muhammed 'Ali al Summan and his brothers digging for when they made the important discovery?

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

6. What does Valentinus present as a further breakdown of the parts of the Dyad?

7. To whom did one's real allegiance belong, according to the ideas of Valentine?

8. What kind of suffering was focused on in the Gnostic path and the belief system?

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

10. What did Professional Giles Quispel find so startling about the Coptic Museum's codices when he read them?

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