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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Citizens were _____________ immediately, but those who were non-citizens were tortured in public stadiums.
(a) Tortured.
(b) Poisoned.
(c) Shot.
(d) Beheaded.

2. 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) Resurrection.
(c) Events at Gesethemene.
(d) Crucifixion.

3. 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 ____________.
(a) Fire.
(b) A lake.
(c) A bull.
(d) The elements.

4. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.
(a) God.
(b) Life.
(c) Man.
(d) Pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Valentinians also speak of the birth of _________ from her confusion, water from her terror, and air from her grief.

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

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

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

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

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