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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luther view confession?
(a) unnecessary and intrusive
(b) a means of controlling people
(c) useful as long as it is not institutionalized
(d) only as a means of learning

2. What is released in the written document of the Diet of Worms?
(a) that Luther has been exonerated
(b) that Luther is to be regarded as a convicted heretic
(c) that no decision has yet been made
(d) that Luther is to be tortured until he recants.

3. After surviving, what does Luther vow to do?
(a) do a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
(b) say a novena
(c) give all his money to the church
(d) join a monastery

4. What does Luther deny?
(a) that he is suffering from delusions
(b) that he received his word by Divine revelation
(c) the Pope's power to release from or consign people to purgatory
(d) that he has said anything against the Pope's power

5. Which of Luther's family members greatly opposed his joining the monastery?
(a) his father, Hans
(b) his younger brother
(c) his wealthy uncle
(d) his mother, Margaretta

Short Answer Questions

1. What upset the canonists most about Luther's views on the mass?

2. When are the debate notes to be published?

3. What doctrine does the church maintain?

4. Why does Luther resume his University studies?

5. What is Luther's family's social status?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luther become both a national and an international figure?

2. What is the central idea of the Renaissance?

3. What is the objection to Luther's views on the mass?

4. What steps are taken by the Vatican to justify trying Luther as a heretic?

5. What is the initial result of Luther's attacks on the practice of selling indulgences?

6. What is Luther's response to the bull Exsurge Domine?

7. What is the legal argument Luther makes against the legality of his case?

8. What are the divergent attitudes toward Luther during his lifetime?

9. Describe the rigors of monastic life.

10. What describes the stressful nature of Luther's relationship with his father?

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