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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Catholic Church bases its authority on the shoes of the ___________, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Scholars.
(b) Tax men.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Carpenters.

2. Tertullian claimed that Valentinus' theology was driven by __________, according to the research that Pagels did.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Faith.
(d) Jealousy.

3. In Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, North American Indian, and other faiths, the ____________ is a conspicuous component of the faith, sometimes to the exclusion of the masculine.
(a) Angel.
(b) Genderless one.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Child.

4. Once committed to the Mother and Father of the world, the candidate undertook the secret sacrament of apolytrosis, or _________.
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Release.
(c) Blessing.
(d) Truth.

5. The resurrection, Pagels speculates, helps to _____________ the authority of those who believed literally in the resurrection.
(a) Magnify.
(b) Consolidate.
(c) Identify.
(d) Proclaim.

6. Pagels points out that the ___________ may be the key building block of orthodox Christianity.
(a) Fall of Eden.
(b) Temptation of Christ.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Creation myth.

7. 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.
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Luke.
(d) Matthew.

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

9. Some Gnostic authors see Sophia as the ___________ benevolently having provided the gift of self-awareness to Adam and to Eve.
(a) Tree.
(b) Serpent.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Apple.

10. How many leather bound papyri were in the jar when Muhammed finally broke it open with his knife?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

11. The Gnostic teachers tell the story of the ___________ differently from their orthodox brethren, according to Pagels.
(a) Crucifixion.
(b) Garden of Eden.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Temple.

12. However, in two other gospels, it is _____________ who sees Jesus after he has risen from the dead.
(a) Peter.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Mary.
(d) John.

13. The ___________ of the original Greek gospels by various scholars enhanced the controversy around them.
(a) Ink.
(b) Quality.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Dating.

14. Sophia further assists Adam and Eve when she saves their descendants during the time of ____________.
(a) The Black Plague.
(b) The crucifixion.
(c) Noah's ark.
(d) Passover.

15. In the Testimony of Truth, the text talks of a benign ____________ and a guileful Jehovah.
(a) Tree.
(b) Women.
(c) Serpent.
(d) Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. The language in many texts respects the idea of the female, though not in pagan terms, rather in presenting God as a Mother/Father ______.

2. What did the brothers devour as a part of their avenging of the death of their father by a murderer?

3. Tertullian noted the way that _______ were so eagerly accepted in all facets of church society with great horror.

4. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.

5. John, emotionally distraught over the crucifixion, announces the Trinity as the Father, Mother and __________.

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