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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Saxon Hus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spiritually, what does Luther face in Wittenberg?
(a) a challenge to all he believes
(b) a variety of crises
(c) a town full of heretics
(d) confrontation with the Devil

2. With whom does Luther prepare to debate?
(a) Frederick the Wise
(b) John Eck
(c) the Pope
(d) the college of cardinals

3. Second in the Cum Postquam, what does it say indulgences apply to?
(a) only to the worst of sinners
(b) the temporal penalties of earth and purgatory
(c) the authority of the Pope
(d) only the life after death

4. What drives Luther to make extra long confessions?
(a) to get out of doing boring work
(b) to let the confessor see how religious he is
(c) to earn extra indulgences to shorten his time in purgatory
(d) to be sure that he remembers and confesses every one of his sins

5. What begins to be offered for contributions made on November first?
(a) prayers for the dead
(b) a day of rest and prayer
(c) indulgences from the Pope
(d) extra hours for confession

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom are Luther's ninety-five theses intended?

2. How is Luther received at Heidelberg?

3. Where does Luther believe the answers for living a Christian life can be found?

4. Where is the Luther-Eck debate held?

5. What does Luther conclude that salvation cannot rest upon?

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