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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the church, according to Bainton, readily admit today?
(a) that indulgences are correct but given too freely during Luther's time
(b) that the indulgence priviliedge was often given too incorrectly
(c) that the indulgence traffic saved the church from ruin
(d) that the indulgence traffic was a scam

2. What is the first point of the Cum Postquam?
(a) Indulgences are one of the Keys to the Kingdom.
(b) Indulgences apply only to penalty and not to guilt.
(c) Indulgences are equal to Hebrew animal sacrifices.
(d) Indulgences relate to mercy.

3. Under what condition does Luther refuse to come to an examination by the Diet?
(a) if there is no guarantee against assassination
(b) if the only purpose is for him to recant
(c) if he cannot bring along his lawyers
(d) if the Pope does not agree to the examination

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

5. What does the Reformation call the issuance of indulgences?
(a) acceptable
(b) blasphemy
(c) opinion
(d) irregular

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Luther's trial transferred?

2. How does Luther affirm the forgiveness of sins?

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

4. How does Luther react to the canonists who burn his books?

5. What does Luther want to do with the rituals associated with confirmation, marriage, ordination, penance, and extreme unction?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luther characterize the institution of the papacy?

2. While Luther is in hiding, what is happening in Wittenberg?

3. How does Luther's disagreement with the church begin with the selling of indulgences on the Day of all Saints?

4. Describe Luther's first years as a monk.

5. Describe the event that caused Martin Luther to set his course on a religious life.

6. What is the initial result of Luther's attacks on the practice of selling indulgences?

7. When do Luther and Erasmus seem to be in accord?

8. Describe Luther's busy life in Wittenberg.

9. What is the legal argument Luther makes against the legality of his case?

10. What does Luther maintain about interpreting Scripture?

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