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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ is the one who says that he sees Jesus glad and laughing when he is above the cross.
(a) Phillip.
(b) Mark.
(c) Peter.
(d) John.

2. What happened to some of the papyri when it was taken home by Muhammed, though he did not understand their value?
(a) Used as kindling.
(b) Lost.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Given as gifts.

3. 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."
(a) The Creation.
(b) The Creator.
(c) Androgynous.
(d) The Mover.

4. 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.
(a) Guru.
(b) Pope.
(c) Church.
(d) Followers.

5. Marcus the ______ received his visions in feminine form and in his Gnostic masses represented her blood as wine.
(a) Reverend.
(b) Pope.
(c) Magician.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pagels talks about three different interpretations of the Divine - as the _______, as the Holy Spirit, and as Wisdom.

2. In the Gospel of Thomas, Peter tells Mary to leave them because _________ are not worthy of life, but Jesus responds.

3. Justin also wrote about the bravery and dignity of ____________ when they were put under terrible torture conditions.

4. The vision of Jesus does not blink and it does not leave _____________ when it is moving in the world.

5. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?

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