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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things which made Christianity an easy reach for the masses of people?
(a) Obedience to the clergy.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Service atttendance.
(d) Holy water.

2. In the Gospel of Truth, there is a passage called the ____________ parable in which it's said that man acts as if he were sunk in sleep.
(a) Witness.
(b) Truth.
(c) Demon.
(d) Nightmare.

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

4. Blake noted the differences between the Gnostics and the orthodox: "Both read the Bible day and night, But where thou read'st black where I see _________."
(a) Right.
(b) White.
(c) Trite.
(d) Light.

5. In the Dialogue of the Savior, Jesus says that in order to get to Heaven, when you get to "the ________ where you can reach, stand there."
(a) Mountain.
(b) Sky.
(c) Town.
(d) Place.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tertullian suggested the Gnostics were trying to evade death by changing the story of the _________________, which elevated Christ into a God.

3. What is another thing the many criteria did for the orthodox church? It consolidated ______________.

4. The meaning of the actual _____________ has created great controversy among scholars and in the world.

5. The ____________ between the Gnostic and the orthodox is echoed in the centuries to come, according to historical findings.

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