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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ is the one who says that he sees Jesus glad and laughing when he is above the cross.
(a) Phillip.
(b) John.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mark.

2. To the Romans, the Christians were seen as _____________ since they were also part of an illegal organization.
(a) Leaders.
(b) Followers.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Heretics.

3. The orthodox church wanted to have more controversy in order to create ______________ to basic institutional and doctrinal elements.
(a) Conformity.
(b) Authority.
(c) Terror.
(d) Fear.

4. The Roman Empire believed that the Christian followers saw their many pagan gods as _______________.
(a) Demonic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Lesser beings.
(d) Helpers.

5. The advice of Jesus to Thomas was attractive to the ____________ as it indicated there was only a strict and narrow path to Heaven.
(a) Orthodoxy.
(b) Gnostic.
(c) Agnostic.
(d) Pagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phillip in his gospel laughs at the _________________ as a test of spiritual sufficiency, as people receive nothing from this.

2. The Testimony of Truth talks about the ideas of ___________ and economic renunciation as components of a holy life.

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

4. The idea that united Gnostics, according to Pagels, seems to be that the path to God lay _____________.

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

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