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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is even some suggestion in Gnostic texts that man himself creates the world of ___________, something radical even for the Gnostic beliefs.
(a) Pain.
(b) God.
(c) Man.
(d) Life.

2. How did the soldier start the riot which caused so many deaths in the Temple's courtyard?
(a) Swearing and cursing.
(b) Exposing himself.
(c) Ripping up the scriptures.
(d) Blaspheming Jesus.

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

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

5. At one point, some monks were ordered to destroy _________ texts, along with other monastic brethren, though some were not.
(a) Blank.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Long.
(d) Heretical.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The orthodoxy tried to maintain its power and its legitimacy by striving against any _____________ criteria.

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

4. The Gnostic focus was on ___________ which was thought to be psychological or emotional in nature.

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

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