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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Frederik Wiss speculates that perhaps the Nag Hammadi find was the results of __________ at St. Pachomius.
(a) Monks.
(b) Priests.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Children.

4. What was not a part of the daily lives of Christians according to Pagels' conclusions?
(a) Marriages.
(b) Baptisms.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Funerals.

5. The Valentians speak of ___________ giving birth to the world out of their own suffering.
(a) God.
(b) Truth.
(c) Earth.
(d) Wisdom.

6. Pagels wonders if it was the __________ function of the Church which allowed it to be kept alive for so many years.
(a) Punishment.
(b) Sacrament.
(c) Social.
(d) Guilt.

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

8. It is said that at least the Christians had been called by God, unlike the pagans who could be excused for their ____________.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Greed.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Idolatry.

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

10. 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) Monads.
(c) Marcions.
(d) Valentinians.

11. Ignatius scorned the Gnostic view that Christ had not truly ____________ as this was a main tenet in orthodox beliefs.
(a) Cared.
(b) Lived.
(c) Died.
(d) Suffered.

12. 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) Nightmare.
(b) Demon.
(c) Truth.
(d) Witness.

13. Tertullian turned away from the ____________ movement, joining a Montanist movement that featured a new prophecy.
(a) Agnostic.
(b) Christian scientists.
(c) Orthodox.
(d) Gnostic.

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

15. When it came to discriminate as to the true Church, ______ pervaded even the sanctum of the orthodox.
(a) Greed.
(b) Irony.
(c) Terror.
(d) Inequality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter distinguishes between the fleshly, suffering Christ and the living Christ, casting even more of a shadow on the idea of the ________________.

2. The orthodox victors preserved Christianity because of their emphasis on rigid ___________, rituals, and Church leaders.

3. How did the soldier start the riot which caused so many deaths in the Temple's courtyard?

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

5. The vision of Jesus does not blink and it does not leave _____________ when it is moving in the world.

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