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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did members of the Egyptian government eventually spot the papyri that Muhammed had given away?
(a) The library.
(b) Coptic museum.
(c) Black market.
(d) Temple.

2. Justin also wrote about the bravery and dignity of ____________ when they were put under terrible torture conditions.
(a) Priests.
(b) Children.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Martyrs.

3. Hippolytus accused the Bishop of Rome of ___________, claiming that he was treated like a common criminal and not as a Christian martyr.
(a) Criminality.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Vagary.
(d) Unrest.

4. The Valentinians also speak of the birth of _________ from her confusion, water from her terror, and air from her grief.
(a) Earth.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Honor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ united Gnostic brethren together and that brotherhood was paramount, not the obedience to any clergy.

2. When it came to discriminate as to the true Church, ______ pervaded even the sanctum of the orthodox.

3. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.

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 ____________.

5. Valentine did distinguish between the creator, architect of the World, also known as the ______________, and the actual foundational spirit of the universe.

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