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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.
(a) Angel.
(b) Serpent.
(c) Monad.
(d) Demon.

2. What were Muhammed 'Ali and his brothers digging for?
(a) Selluh.
(b) Selluk.
(c) Sabekh.
(d) Sabe.

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

4. What did Muhammed finally decide was worth breaking open the jar that he and his brothers found?
(a) It might be cursed.
(b) It might contain a map.
(c) It might have Christian teachings in it.
(d) It might contain gold.

5. According to some of the Gnostic gospels, the Creator does not precede mankind at all - there is an immortal __________ that precedes him.
(a) Mother.
(b) Demon.
(c) Womb.
(d) Humanity.

6. The author believes that the resurrection is what sets Christianity apart from other faiths as it deals with __________, not with rebirth.
(a) Cycles.
(b) Life and death.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

7. Tertullian wrote: "...this flesh, suffused with blood, built up with bones, interwoven with nerves.....was born and dies, undoubtedly _________."
(a) Immortal.
(b) Godlike.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Human.

8. Some say that the Christian creed was written to specifically exclude ___________ and his followers who were not following the creed.
(a) Jonas.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Marcion.
(d) Luke.

9. Paul says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of __________" in one of his statements about the resurrection.
(a) Trust.
(b) God.
(c) Truth.
(d) Faith.

10. What did Muhammed not want to do when he first found the jar during the dig with his brothers?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Break it.
(c) Give it away.
(d) Touch it.

11. What was the color of the earthenware jar that the Arabs in the area found to contain momentous records of early Christianity?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

12. Tertullian noted the way that _______ were so eagerly accepted in all facets of church society with great horror.
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Boys.
(d) Children.

13. Pagels talks about three different interpretations of the Divine - as the _______, as the Holy Spirit, and as Wisdom.
(a) Belief.
(b) Silence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Grace.

14. 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) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Peter.

15. One God, One _________ became the doctrine of the church, according to the text in this chapter.
(a) Pope.
(b) Bible.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theologians from many Western religions do contend that God is beyond ____________, according to Pagels.

2. The ___________, often called the Watchword of the Jewish faith, proclaims, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One."

3. Marion concluded that there were ___________ because of the brutal God in the Old Testament and the compassionate God in the New Testament.

4. The difference between Plato's doctrine of the soul's ______________ and the resurrection was that resurrection was real flesh reborn.

5. Who did Professor Giles Quispel persuade to try to buy the codices in order to study them further?

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