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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The orthodox church became increasingly suspicious of anyone who claimed the secret ___________.
(a) Scripts.
(b) Pope.
(c) Gnosis.
(d) Stories.

2. In the Apocryphon of John, the ____________ was the Holy Spirit as a part of the Holy Trinity.
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Light.
(d) Son.

3. Citizens were _____________ immediately, but those who were non-citizens were tortured in public stadiums.
(a) Poisoned.
(b) Beheaded.
(c) Tortured.
(d) Shot.

4. The Roman Empire believed that the Christian followers saw their many pagan gods as _______________.
(a) Demonic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Lesser beings.
(d) Helpers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership.

2. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.

3. While the scrolls were taken to the Coptic museum for safekeeping, _______ of the codices were smuggled out of the country.

4. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.

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

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