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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ was the issue of the day for the orthodox church, according to Pagels' findings in this chapter.
(a) Truth.
(b) Writing.
(c) Authority.
(d) Doctrine.

2. Gnosticism, based on direction, immediate _________, in visions and on dreams, challenged the orthodox believers.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Lights.
(c) Writing.
(d) Cognition.

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

4. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.
(a) Hammadi.
(b) Muhammed.
(c) Hamad.
(d) Ali.

5. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."
(a) God.
(b) Faith.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the followers who did not recognize Jesus when he reappeared after the resurrection?

2. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.

3. Tertullian was against the heretics that embraced the followings of Jesus, but who also denied the idea of _______________.

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.

5. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.

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