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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of teacher was Raghib, the man who told Muhammed that the scrolls might be worth some money?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) History.
(d) Science.

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

4. Pagels points out that it was __________ that ultimately expelled the Valentinians who strove to maintain their membership.
(a) The Gnostics.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Church.

5. 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) Feminine.
(b) Angel.
(c) Genderless one.
(d) Child.

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

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

8. The Gnostics called the orthodox view the faith of ___________, according to the text presented in the chapter.
(a) Sheep.
(b) The Lost.
(c) Fools.
(d) No one.

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

10. A __________ tourist in 1769 bought a Coptic codex near Thebes, which helped to explain more about the time period of the gospels.
(a) English.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Moroccan.

11. A letter to the Bishop of Rome stated the difference between ________ and priesthood, defining the reality of the Roman church.
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Gnosticism.
(c) Laity.
(d) Satan worship.

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

13. Theologians from many Western religions do contend that God is beyond ____________, according to Pagels.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Light.
(c) Truth.
(d) Gender.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The finding of the earthenware jar became known as the Naj or the Nag ________________ find.

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

3. In the traditional orthodox canon, the spirit or the _____________ is gender neutral, but this is not the case everywhere.

4. A Valentinian Exposition speaks of God as a ____________, and no one was before him, according to the text of this chapter.

5. It is the mixing of the _________________ with normal humanity that engenders the interpretation of the birth of Jesus.

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