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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The idea that united Gnostics, according to Pagels, seems to be that the path to God lay _____________.
(a) In the Scrolls.
(b) Only in faith in the clergy.
(c) Within man's own mind.
(d) In the Bible.

2. Who took a mediating position with the Christian Church, though they had internal problems as to how to view the orthodox?
(a) Monads.
(b) Valentinians.
(c) Marcions.
(d) Church of Peter.

3. At one point, some monks were ordered to destroy _________ texts, along with other monastic brethren, though some were not.
(a) Blank.
(b) Long.
(c) Heretical.
(d) Confusing.

4. To the Gnostics, the definition of a true Christan was one that had spiritual ___________.
(a) Relevance.
(b) Calling.
(c) Maturity.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One argument against the orthodox is that Christians refuse to truly seek God who can only be found in the fulfillment of the _________.

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

3. The advice of Jesus to Thomas was attractive to the ____________ as it indicated there was only a strict and narrow path to Heaven.

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

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