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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pleases Luther upon his return?
(a) that the Diet has stopped looking for him
(b) the reform taking place
(c) that his works are being circulated
(d) that no one remembers him

2. What does Luther continue to stress in his teaching?
(a) that good works do not constitute any claim on God
(b) that doing good deeds will result in salvation
(c) that good works people do need no faith in them
(d) that faith must be accompanied by good works

3. Who believes that people can come together to defend the right of each person to believe what he wants?
(a) Philip of Hesse
(b) Martin Luther
(c) Emperor Charles
(d) The Augsburg Confession

4. Why does Thomas Muntzer not concern himself with the struggle to get right with God?
(a) because he is not sure there is a God
(b) because he believes one cannot be wrong with God
(c) because he thinks it isn't a struggle
(d) because he is a believer in predestination

5. Discussion is allowed in Wittenberg, but what is not allowed?
(a) There cannot be any changes in the mass until a unanimous verdict is reached.
(b) Nothing discussed can be written down and published.
(c) Luther cannot speak publically in an advertised meeting.
(d) No meetings can have more than fifteen people present at a time.

6. Although Luther agrees that war is necessary, what kind of warfare is he involved in?
(a) fighting spiritual battles
(b) constant duels he is challenged to
(c) the battles agains would-be assassins
(d) the army of Leo X

7. From where does Luther believe salvation comes?
(a) through the priest
(b) through the hymns
(c) through the Word
(d) through good deeds

8. How many services does Luther hold on Sundays?
(a) one
(b) three
(c) four
(d) two

9. During the translation process, what gives Luther a serious problem?
(a) separating the Old Testament from the New
(b) his failing eyesight
(c) reconciling the writings of James with the writings of Paul
(d) finding exact meanings for Greek words

10. What is the result of the Peasant War?
(a) the Pope and the Emperor are dethroned
(b) the peasants take control of the government
(c) Luther is declared governor
(d) cloisters and castles have been destroyed

11. How is Luther's antisemitism expressed?
(a) They should not be allowed to own businesses or deal with money.
(b) They should be driven out of Germany.
(c) they should be given the choice of conversion or death.
(d) They should live off the land, their synagogues burned, and their books taken away.

12. What is Luther's position as he returns to Wittenberg?
(a) new advisor to Frederick the wise
(b) director of public records
(c) lector in the university
(d) under the ban of both the Church and the State

13. Aside from religion, what does Bainton say Luther and the Reformation profoundly affected?
(a) the schools
(b) the marketplace
(c) the home
(d) politics

14. Who tells Frederick the Wise to separate himself from Martin Luther and muffle his blasphemous tongue?
(a) Pope Leo X
(b) King Charles
(c) the German Diet
(d) Pope Hadrian

15. To whom does Luther extend the concept of divine calling?
(a) farmers
(b) ship captains
(c) all worthy occupations
(d) altar boys

Short Answer Questions

1. What, to Luther, is the ultimate problem?

2. Regardless of one's calling, what does Luther insist all should have?

3. What does the second Diet of Speyer do for Germany?

4. What is a frequent struggle for Luther?

5. What causes increased levies on the land, imperiled commons, and a deflated economy?

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