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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Luther substitute for the chants sung by priests?
(a) religious cantatas
(b) organ music by classical composers
(c) hymns sung by the congregation
(d) arias sung by female voices

2. To whom does Luther extend the priesthood?
(a) all vocations
(b) all believers
(c) all Christian men
(d) all new converts

3. What does Luther say is comforting and releases one for responsibility for his actions?
(a) to believe there is plenty of time to repent
(b) to believe that salvation comes from outside ourselves
(c) to believe in pre-destination
(d) to believe there is no hell

4. What psychological symptom does Luther often suffer?
(a) depression
(b) schizophrenia
(c) paranoia
(d) psychosis

5. Besides sermons and pamphlets, what does Luther frequently write?
(a) song lyrics as a way to praise God
(b) newspaper articles
(c) letters to the Pope and church councils
(d) poetry to his wife, Katherine

6. What is something Bainton credits Luther for?
(a) making the German people look foolish to the world
(b) molding the character of the German people
(c) destroying much of German culture
(d) dividing the German people over religion

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

8. What is a matter of difference between Luther and Katherine?
(a) child discipline
(b) communication
(c) finances
(d) dietary preferences

9. When was Luther's New Testament translation first published?
(a) in 1492
(b) in 1522
(c) in 1550
(d) in 1600

10. What is a result of the expansion of the Reformation?
(a) the people begin to burn Bibles
(b) monks and nuns leave the cloisters
(c) the Church begins to capitulate
(d) the Catholic Church pulls out of Germany

11. What area is largely won within a decade of the Reformation?
(a) most of Northern Germany
(b) most of Europe
(c) the northeast of France
(d) the British Isles

12. What chore does Luther perform at home after marrying Katherine?
(a) taking care of the garden
(b) washing windows
(c) tending the orchard
(d) cleaning the floors

13. In what areas does Luther excel?
(a) preaching sermons, translating the Bible, lecturing in class hall, and praying in the upper room
(b) marriage counselling and preaching on Sundays
(c) in public education and training new scribe in translation
(d) in politics and bringing differing sides to the bargaining table

14. What does Bainton suggest was Luther's contribution to the German language?
(a) making it too difficult to learn
(b) making it boring and unpoetic
(c) filling it with useless Latin and Greek phrases
(d) shaping it and fashioning it for the better

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luther feel compelled to do as more nuns leave their orders?

2. Who writes Luther saying God is merciful and will forgive him if he returns?

3. During the translation process, what gives Luther a serious problem?

4. What do the peasants and the princes think of Luther after the Peasant War?

5. On what occasion does Luther utter these words: "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen"?

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