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This test consists of 5 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) Dark than light.
(b) Vague than concrete.
(c) Something not to be understood.
(d) Within than without.

2. Jesus tells Thomas that no one comes to the Father, but by ________ when he is asked about getting to the next level.
(a) Faith.
(b) You.
(c) Me.
(d) Her.

3. How did the soldier start the riot which caused so many deaths in the Temple's courtyard?
(a) Ripping up the scriptures.
(b) Blaspheming Jesus.
(c) Exposing himself.
(d) Swearing and cursing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The structure of the Church remained in tact for many hundreds of years, surviving even the harsh winds of the _______________.

2. Hippolytus accused the Bishop of Rome of ___________, claiming that he was treated like a common criminal and not as a Christian martyr.

3. Tertullian suggested the Gnostics were trying to evade death by changing the story of the _________________, which elevated Christ into a God.

4. Pagels points out that it was not the orthodox church's agenda to eliminate all ____________ from the church.

5. The Christian, as a result of learning about Gnosticism might ask what the true source of _____________ is in the Church.

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