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

2. Second in the Cum Postquam, what does it say indulgences apply to?
(a) the temporal penalties of earth and purgatory
(b) the authority of the Pope
(c) only to the worst of sinners
(d) only the life after death

3. What do the parishioners do when Luther refuses to sell indulgences?
(a) ban together in support of Luther
(b) write complaint letters to the Pope
(c) have relatives buy indulgences for them
(d) go to other parishes to buy them

4. What doctrine does the church maintain?
(a) the authority to decrease time in purgatory
(b) the right to question the Pope's edicts
(c) the authority of the Bible
(d) the Roman pontiff as the infallible rule of faith

5. 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 relate to mercy.
(d) Indulgences are equal to Hebrew animal sacrifices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the issuance of indulgences popular with the Pope?

2. Which congregation does Luther choose to join?

3. What does Luther vow to do?

4. Who must decide where, when, and how to deal with Luther?

5. What does Luther attempt to do unsuccessfully?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Luther maintain about interpreting Scripture?

3. Where is Luther's first assignment outside of the cloister?

4. How do Luther's beliefs undermine the role of priests?

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

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

7. Briefly describe where different people stand in relationship to Luther and his defense.

8. What evidence is Luther confronted with at his hearing before King Charles?

9. Describe briefly how Eck and Luther argue back and forth about papal infallibility.

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

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