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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Gnostics were not only attacked by __________, but also by those who advanced the name of Christ.
(a) Themselves.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Jews.
(d) Muslims.

2. When Jesus appears to Mary, what does he tell her not to do, which causes some to question his appearance?
(a) Tell anyone.
(b) Leave.
(c) Touch him.
(d) Cry.

3. Paul's statements in his letters seem to indicate that there is a ______________ which he will go to.
(a) Third heaven.
(b) Middle world.
(c) New church.
(d) New leader.

4. 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) Goat meat.
(c) Broiled fish.
(d) Rice.

5. Marcus offered the cup of wine and says into which ___________ may flow during the masses he gave.
(a) God.
(b) Love.
(c) Grace.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pagels recounts how in the story of _________ that Jesus tells his disciples to reach out and touch him to show he is flesh and bones.

2. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.

3. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.

4. Who took a mediating position with the Christian Church, though they had internal problems as to how to view the orthodox?

5. Sophia further assists Adam and Eve when she saves their descendants during the time of ____________.

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