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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ____________ between the Gnostic and the orthodox is echoed in the centuries to come, according to historical findings.
(a) Interaction.
(b) Misunderstandings.
(c) Dichotomy.
(d) Conflict.

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

3. Pagels wonders if it was the __________ function of the Church which allowed it to be kept alive for so many years.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Sacrament.
(d) Social.

4. Tertullian turned away from the ____________ movement, joining a Montanist movement that featured a new prophecy.
(a) Orthodox.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Christian scientists.
(d) Gnostic.

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

6. Pagels points out that the discussion of Gnosticism points out _____________ of great value to all believers.
(a) Duplicates.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Errors.
(d) Questions.

7. Blake noted the differences between the Gnostics and the orthodox: "Both read the Bible day and night, But where thou read'st black where I see _________."
(a) White.
(b) Light.
(c) Right.
(d) Trite.

8. Ignatius scorned the Gnostic view that Christ had not truly ____________ as this was a main tenet in orthodox beliefs.
(a) Died.
(b) Lived.
(c) Suffered.
(d) Cared.

9. It is said that at least the Christians had been called by God, unlike the pagans who could be excused for their ____________.
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Greed.
(c) Idolatry.
(d) Ignorance.

10. The Christian's world was a world of daily _______________, of special masses and other community gatherings.
(a) Services.
(b) Pledges.
(c) Confessions.
(d) Communions.

11. The writings of Peter state that the Gnostics believed the orthodox church was an/a ____________ church which claims exclusive legitimacy.
(a) Ruthless.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Imitation.
(d) Honorable.

12. Authoritative Teaching rails against external acts of worship as making so-called Christians worse than the __________.
(a) Bishop.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Pope.
(d) Devil.

13. The Christan world, it could be said, was and continues to be one of __________ reality.
(a) Social.
(b) Celebrate.
(c) Mourned.
(d) Misunderstood.

14. After the death of Jesus, a ______________ soldier was the one who started the riot in the Temple, causing many deaths in the process.
(a) Roman.
(b) Christian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Greek.

15. __________ united Gnostic brethren together and that brotherhood was paramount, not the obedience to any clergy.
(a) God's laws.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Gnosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things which made Christianity an easy reach for the masses of people?

2. What was not a part of the daily lives of Christians according to Pagels' conclusions?

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. To the Gnostics, the body of the orthodox church, the mass of _________ believers was outside of the true Church.

5. A group of _____________was given a month to reconsider its fate, but eventually and happily they went to their death, much to the confusion of the judge.

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