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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What makes Luther an international figure?
(a) his further debates
(b) his writing
(c) his lecture tour
(d) his exile
2. Under what condition does Luther refuse to come to an examination by the Diet?
(a) if the Pope does not agree to the examination
(b) if there is no guarantee against assassination
(c) if he cannot bring along his lawyers
(d) if the only purpose is for him to recant
3. Which of the works raises the most opposition?
(a) The Sermon on Good Works
(b) The Babylonian Captivity
(c) The Freedom of the Christian Man
(d) The Address to the German Nobility
4. How does Luther view confession?
(a) useful as long as it is not institutionalized
(b) only as a means of learning
(c) unnecessary and intrusive
(d) a means of controlling people
5. Why does Luther preach against indulgences?
(a) to make a name for himself
(b) to see if anyone is listening to him
(c) to warn his parishioners against spiritual pitfalls
(d) to offer a better way of making money
6. How often does Luther pray?
(a) every hour on the hour
(b) three times daily
(c) night and day
(d) seven times daily
7. What does Luther say that outrages the Catholic hierarchy?
(a) The Pope can err and a council can err.
(b) Man can only be saved through philosophy.
(c) The church is based on lies.
(d) God is dead.
8. When is Luther awakened for morning prayers?
(a) six in the morning
(b) one or two in the morning
(c) four in the morning
(d) nine in the morning
9. Spiritually, what does Luther face in Wittenberg?
(a) a challenge to all he believes
(b) a town full of heretics
(c) confrontation with the Devil
(d) a variety of crises
10. To whom are the ninety-five theses given?
(a) to the archbishop
(b) to the printer for all Germany
(c) to the Pope
(d) to the rubbish collectors
11. In the Catholic religion, what is the designation for the first day of November?
(a) the day of Lost Souls
(b) the day of the dead
(c) the feast of the harvest
(d) the day of All Saints
12. What does Luther say about his first year of monastic life?
(a) The cold was very difficult.
(b) The food was not enough.
(c) The Devil is very quiet.
(d) The work was easy.
13. In what area does Luther distinguish himself at the university?
(a) as a parochial preacher
(b) as a lecturer on the Apostle Paul
(c) as a student advocate
(d) as a defender of the Catholic church
14. What belief does Luther hold about his becoming a monk?
(a) that he will eventually become a bishop
(b) the expectation that this will lead to his salvation
(c) the expectation that he will stay in the cloister all his life
(d) that he will no longer sin
15. How does Luther begin to see that salvation comes to man?
(a) through grace and mercy of God
(b) through strict obedience to the Pope
(c) through performing extra deeds of goodness
(d) thought denying all temptations of the flesh
Short Answer Questions
1. Who must decide where, when, and how to deal with Luther?
2. What books of the Bible does Luther use for his first lectures?
3. How does Luther describe the idea that the Pope can deliver souls from purgatory?
4. What startling accusation does Luther make in the debate?
5. How does Martin Luther explain his calling?
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