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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While literacy became increasingly important, the educational system tended to be ______.

2. Which word is used to describe the Goths, Saxons, Huns and Franks?

3. Which of the following was a common way to earn a living?

4. What is the estimated illiteracy rate among women at this time?

5. This tribe was ignorant of which vital part of survival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Erasmus?

2. Examine the new social civility that came to the forefront.

3. Examine how some of the popes used their office as a front for less than ethical actions.

4. What does Manchester say about the term "Dark Ages?"

5. How did Christianity attempt to infiltrate other religions?

6. Examine travel during the Renaissance period.

7. Discuss the average person's life.

8. How did the lack of morality affect the institution of marriage?

9. Discuss the Roman Inquisition. Who headed the charge? Who was persecuted? How?

10. Examine a medieval person's sense of self.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Tetzel's challenge to Luther. What was the challenge? Why did Tetzel make the challenge? Why was Tetzel sure he would win? What was Luther's reaction? What was the reaction of the people? Who won the battle?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Luther and Erasmus. What did the men have in common? Why was their "partnership" unusual? Who was the strongest of the two? Whose work stood out the most? Which made the most contributions to the Reformation?

Essay Topic 3

The Church sold indulgences in order to make money. What were indulgences? Were they enforceable? Who was in charge of these sales? Who collected the money? Who was the first to challenge this concept? What happened to the Church's money making scheme?

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