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The Gnostic Gospels Quiz

Elaine Pagels
This Study Guide consists of approximately 71 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Gnostic Gospels.

The Gnostic Gospels Quiz

Elaine Pagels
This Study Guide consists of approximately 71 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Gnostic Gospels.

Take our free The Gnostic Gospels quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Valentinus described God as the Father, the Ineffable, the Depth, and the Primal ______________. (from Chapter 3)

2.

The ____________ between the Gnostic and the orthodox is echoed in the centuries to come, according to historical findings. (from Conclusion)

3.

Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership. (from Chapter 2)

4.

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." (from Chapter 3)

5.

Once committed to the Mother and Father of the world, the candidate undertook the secret sacrament of apolytrosis, or _________. (from Chapter 2)

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