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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One argument against the orthodox is that Christians refuse to truly seek God who can only be found in the fulfillment of the _________.
(a) Gnosis.
(b) Bible.
(c) Commandments.
(d) Pulpit.

2. Tertullian suggested the Gnostics were trying to evade death by changing the story of the _________________, which elevated Christ into a God.
(a) Apple.
(b) Passion.
(c) Creation.
(d) Resurrection.

3. The laughing Jesus implies a separation between the physical and the spiritual Jesus and casts doubt on the traditional concept of the ________.
(a) Connection between Jesus and man.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Darkness.

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

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. __________ united Gnostic brethren together and that brotherhood was paramount, not the obedience to any clergy.

3. To the Gnostics, the definition of a true Christan was one that had spiritual ___________.

4. Justin was a philosopher who wrote to the Emperor protesting the treatment of a __________________.

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

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