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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.

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

2.

The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria. (from Chapter 5)

3.

Theologians from many Western religions do contend that God is beyond ____________, according to Pagels. (from Chapter 3)

4.

After the death of Jesus, a ______________ soldier was the one who started the riot in the Temple, causing many deaths in the process. (from Chapter 4)

5.

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)

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