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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. Which congregation does Luther choose to join?
(a) the Benedictines
(b) the Augustinians
(c) the Masons
(d) the Jesuits

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

3. What does the Pope call Luther?
(a) a raving lunatic
(b) a thorn in the flesh
(c) a son of iniquity
(d) a small fish in the ocean

4. How does Luther describe the idea that the Pope can deliver souls from purgatory?
(a) as found in the writings of Paul
(b) as an undisputed truth
(c) as audacious
(d) as Divine law

5. What are indulgences intended for?
(a) the ability to live sinlessly
(b) the reduction of time in purgatory
(c) the priviledge of skipping masses
(d) the right to total absolution for a lifetime

Short Answer Questions

1. How can many of Luther's supporters be classified?

2. Who is the disruptive Humanist of Luther's day?

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

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

5. What sacraments does Luther accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Luther's struggle of faith after coming to Wittenberg.

2. What steps are taken by the Vatican to justify trying Luther as a heretic?

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

4. What is Luther's response to the bull Exsurge Domine?

5. Explain the Catholic idea of the Eucharist that Luther initially accepts.

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

7. Describe the rigors of monastic life.

8. Characterize the work called The Babylonian Captivity.

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

10. What is the official church position on heresy?

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