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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luther react to the canonists who burn his books?
(a) by preaching more sermons against the Chruch
(b) by burning their books since they are burning his
(c) by writing more books
(d) by ordering more copies of his books printed

2. What is Humanism?
(a) the theory that humans are part of God
(b) the idea that humans invented God
(c) the belief that there is no God
(d) the belief that the proper interest of mankind is man

3. How long are some of Luther's confessions?
(a) as long as six hours at one time
(b) for days on end
(c) only a few minutes
(d) over one hour long

4. What sacraments does Luther accept?
(a) the Lord's supper and baptism
(b) confirmation and the Lord's supper
(c) baptism and marriage
(d) baptism and ordination

5. Where is the Luther-Eck debate held?
(a) Rome
(b) Leipzig
(c) Heidelberg
(d) Constantinople

6. What do both Humanism and the Reformation do but for different reasons?
(a) make peace with the Pope
(b) accept the Papal position
(c) attack indulgences
(d) keep peace among the people

7. For whom are Luther's ninety-five theses intended?
(a) university professors
(b) the Pope only
(c) professional theologians
(d) the masses of the people

8. What does Luther think the Church is now focused on too much?
(a) debate
(b) income
(c) wars
(d) power struggles

9. What unusual thing happens to Martin Luther in 1505?
(a) He is struck by lightning.
(b) He recovers his sight.
(c) He inherits a fortune.
(d) He has a vision of St. Anne.

10. What is happening at the same time as the Renaissance?
(a) the outbreak of the plague
(b) the Moorish wars
(c) the division of the Roman and Eastern churches
(d) the Protestant Reformation

11. What does Luther think he must do?
(a) learn all the traditions of the church
(b) punish his body to keep himself concentrated on his goals
(c) whatever good works he needs to do in order to save himself
(d) sacrifice his life for salvation

12. What does Luther conclude that salvation cannot rest upon?
(a) on false hope offered by the Devil
(b) on human achievement
(c) on the dictates of the Pope
(d) on rituals of the church

13. What does Luther see as man's greatest need?
(a) the need for plenty to eat
(b) the need for storng families
(c) the need for forgiveness
(d) the need for work

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

15. Where is Luther's trial transferred?
(a) from Rome to Jerusalem
(b) from Germany to Rome
(c) from Germany to Spain
(d) from Rome to Germany

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides himself, what does Luther begin to question?

2. How does Luther fare as a novice in the monastery?

3. Who secures a promise that Luther will not be condemned without a hearing?

4. What is happening in Wittenberg during Luther's absence?

5. How does Luther affirm the forgiveness of sins?

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