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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria.
(a) Dishonest.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Objective.

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

3. The Testimony of Truth does not confine its attacks to the orthodoxy, but also directs its attentions to the deficiencies of supposedly immature ________.
(a) Gnostics.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Christians.

4. It is thought that perhaps some of the texts which were to be destroyed were buried in a _______ where they were later found.
(a) Statue.
(b) Box.
(c) Well.
(d) Jar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ was relatively solitary and generally quite introspective in nature, contrary to other systems.

2. The orthodox Christian looks at _____________ as a consequence of disbelief and of sin.

3. Pliny would often execute those who admitted to being of the _____________ faith, though he would let those go who did not admit to the faith.

4. At one point, some monks were ordered to destroy _________ texts, along with other monastic brethren, though some were not.

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

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