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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the works of the philosopher, Nietzsche, he speaks of Jesus as being the only true _____________.
(a) Christian.
(b) Gnostic.
(c) Believer.
(d) Lover.

3. Pagels wonders if true authority is only found when one takes a journey __________ on his own.
(a) Of faith.
(b) To a teacher.
(c) Inward.
(d) Upward.

4. Most scholars will agree that Jesus was crucified by ________________ when he was sentenced to the cross.
(a) God.
(b) Himself.
(c) Emperor Crucius.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

5. 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) A lake.
(b) The elements.
(c) A bull.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.

2. Who is sometimes seen as a child, sometimes as a handsome young man, others times as a balding man with a beard?

3. Tertullian later spoke of joining a spiritual church for spiritual people, not a church for ___________.

4. After the death of Jesus, a ______________ soldier was the one who started the riot in the Temple, causing many deaths in the process.

5. The Roman Empire realized that Christianity was a sect which followed a man accused of ___________ and of magic.

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