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

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. What do arguments arise over before the debate?
(a) the location
(b) the logistics
(c) the security
(d) the qualifications of the debaters

3. How can many of Luther's supporters be classified?
(a) as afraid for their lives
(b) as weak and insignificant
(c) as powerful and vocal
(d) as the lunatic fringe

4. What boast do Luther's enemies make?
(a) that he will recant
(b) that he will be excommunicated
(c) that he will be burned at the stake
(d) that he will be sent to Africa

5. What is the commonly accepted belief about gaining the hereafter in Luther's Germany?
(a) self-denial as an excellent way to heaven
(b) higher education as an excellent way to heaven
(c) self-study as an excellent way to heaven
(d) monasticism as an excellent way to heaven

6. What startling accusation does Luther make in the debate?
(a) that the Pope is insane
(b) that the church has lost its direction
(c) that every Pope is an Antichrist
(d) that the church is apostate

7. Who is the disruptive Humanist of Luther's day?
(a) Melanchthon
(b) Wycliffe
(c) Erasmus
(d) Frederick the Wise

8. Where does Luther go after leaving Erfurt?
(a) to Brandenberg
(b) to Berlin
(c) to Rome
(d) to Wittenberg

9. From what is it that Luther insists no man can separate another?
(a) the love of Christ
(b) the body and soul
(c) the right to the Eucharist
(d) the judgment of God

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

11. Who is the first to make available in print the New Testament in the original Greek?
(a) Frederick the wise
(b) Pope Leo X
(c) Luther
(d) Erasmus

12. Why is the issuance of indulgences popular with the Pope?
(a) It is lucrative for the church.
(b) It ispires the people.
(c) It establishes his power.
(d) It is easy to do.

13. When is Luther awakened for morning prayers?
(a) six in the morning
(b) four in the morning
(c) one or two in the morning
(d) nine in the morning

14. Why does Hans Luther say his son should study to earn a living and not enter the monastery?
(a) because he is too young to know his own mind
(b) because he should honor his mother's and father's wishes
(c) because Hans is not a Catholic
(d) because Hans is ashamed to have his son beg

15. What does Luther say that outrages the Catholic hierarchy?
(a) God is dead.
(b) The Pope can err and a council can err.
(c) Man can only be saved through philosophy.
(d) The church is based on lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luther preach against indulgences?

2. When is the Papal bull "Cum Postquam" issued?

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

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

5. What is released in the written document of the Diet of Worms?

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