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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The vision of Jesus does not blink and it does not leave _____________ when it is moving in the world.
(a) The Church.
(b) The side of Peter.
(c) The Sky.
(d) Footprints.

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

3. In the Gospel of Truth, there is a passage called the ____________ parable in which it's said that man acts as if he were sunk in sleep.
(a) Witness.
(b) Demon.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Truth.

4. The Valentians speak of ___________ giving birth to the world out of their own suffering.
(a) Earth.
(b) Truth.
(c) God.
(d) Wisdom.

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) Valentinians.
(c) Marcions.
(d) Church of Peter.

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

7. Both the Gnostics and the orthodox, according to Blake, see Jesus as a false __________ in the history of man.
(a) Man.
(b) Truth.
(c) Goal.
(d) Christ.

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

9. The Gnostic suffering is the result of ignorance of __________, of the God within everyone.
(a) Truth.
(b) Self.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Mastery.

10. The Roman Empire realized that Christianity was a sect which followed a man accused of ___________ and of magic.
(a) Honor.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) Treason.
(d) Lunacy.

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

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

13. What is another thing the many criteria did for the orthodox church? It consolidated ______________.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Priests.
(c) Power.
(d) Celebrants.

14. What was not a part of the daily lives of Christians according to Pagels' conclusions?
(a) Marriages.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Baptisms.

15. The Valentinians who led normal lives still regarded ____________ as their primary goal, even as they gave up some worldly pleasures.
(a) Gnosis.
(b) Pain.
(c) Writing.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the works of the philosopher, Nietzsche, he speaks of Jesus as being the only true _____________.

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

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

4. Justin speaks of a woman who was converted to Christianity by her teacher, ______________, and then she was a better person.

5. Polycarb refused the __________________ and was burned alive because of his Christian beliefs.

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