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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pagels makes a reader question: Is the Kingdom of God more truly __________________?
(a) Vague than concrete.
(b) Within than without.
(c) Dark than light.
(d) Something not to be understood.

2. Tertullian later spoke of joining a spiritual church for spiritual people, not a church for ___________.
(a) Pagans.
(b) Bishops.
(c) Non-believers.
(d) The lost.

3. In the Gospel of Thomas, _________ speaks of a light within man that can light up the whole world.
(a) God.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Peter.
(d) Thomas.

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

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

6. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Connection between Jesus and man.

7. The structure of the Church remained in tact for many hundreds of years, surviving even the harsh winds of the _______________.
(a) Holocaust.
(b) Crusades.
(c) Marches.
(d) Reformation.

8. The Testimony of Truth talks about the ideas of ___________ and economic renunciation as components of a holy life.
(a) Sexual abstinence.
(b) Priesthood.
(c) Giving money to the coffers.
(d) Prayer.

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

10. Peter distinguishes between the fleshly, suffering Christ and the living Christ, casting even more of a shadow on the idea of the ________________.
(a) Torture.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Events at Gesethemene.

11. The meaning of the actual _____________ has created great controversy among scholars and in the world.
(a) Cross.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Crucifixion.
(d) Resurrection.

12. Phillip in his gospel laughs at the _________________ as a test of spiritual sufficiency, as people receive nothing from this.
(a) Communion.
(b) Reconciliation.
(c) Baptism by water.
(d) Eucharist.

13. 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.
(a) Christians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Muslims.

14. The Church of the Gnostics was confined to the __________, the experiencers of God generally speaking.
(a) Seekers.
(b) Knowers.
(c) Doers.
(d) Followers.

15. The Gnostics were not only attacked by __________, but also by those who advanced the name of Christ.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Gnostic focus was on ___________ which was thought to be psychological or emotional in nature.

2. Justin was a philosopher who wrote to the Emperor protesting the treatment of a __________________.

3. Tertullian turned away from the ____________ movement, joining a Montanist movement that featured a new prophecy.

4. The Christian's world was a world of daily _______________, of special masses and other community gatherings.

5. The vision of Jesus does not blink and it does not leave _____________ when it is moving in the world.

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