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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luther resist getting married?

2. What does Luther think when Carlstadt attacks images and church music?

3. In what areas does Luther excel?

4. What chore does Luther perform at home after marrying Katherine?

5. Aside from religion, what does Bainton say Luther and the Reformation profoundly affected?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the attitude of Hadrian toward Martin Luther?

2. What is the risk of Luther's return to Wittenberg?

3. Describe Luther's decision to marry.

4. How does Bainton portray Luther's impact on marriage and the family?

5. What part do publications have in the first decade of the Reformation?

6. What biases come out in Luther toward the end of his life?

7. Why are some things Luther says alarming to those who hear him?

8. What is Luther's stand on educating children?

9. What continually stays with Luther in regard to his faith?

10. What is the territorial inequity involving Catholics and Lutherans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Martin Luther's legacy to Protestantism in general. Discuss his impact on future religious thought by translating the Bible in the the German vernacular. Speculate on how difficult it might have been for other reformers if Luther had not come along.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on Luther's formula for educating children. Express your personal opinions on the subject. Write a critique of Luther's idea that if a child will not learn, he or she should not eat.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the right to religious freedom of worship. Also include the right to have no religious preference at all. Discuss in your essay the injustice of having religion inflicted by the government.

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