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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things which made Christianity an easy reach for the masses of people?
(a) Obedience to the clergy.
(b) Holy water.
(c) Service atttendance.
(d) Baptism.

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

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

4. The young Christian woman named Blandina was able to withstand tremendous pain and torture, eventually being killed by being tossed in a net and exposed to ____________.
(a) A bull.
(b) A lake.
(c) The elements.
(d) Fire.

5. Justin speaks of a woman who was converted to Christianity by her teacher, ______________, and then she was a better person.
(a) Peter.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Phillip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Valentinus described God as the Father, the Ineffable, the Depth, and the Primal ______________.

2. The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria.

3. A Gnostic author speaks of a baptism of _________ rather than a baptism of water.

4. Bishop Irenaeus wrote the book "The Destruction and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called _____________."

5. To Iranaeus, the monotheism of the Valentianians was a kind of ________, a hoax that would allow them to participate in the orthodox church.

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