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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: the Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are leaders in business usually seen as pillars of?
(a) Their family.
(b) Church circles.
(c) Society.
(d) All of these.

2. What language is the word Beruf used in?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

3. What did Pietism split from?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Mormonism.
(d) Catholicism.

4. When are low wages most effective?
(a) When there are not enough jobs.
(b) When there are wars.
(c) When there are unskilled workers.
(d) When food prices are low.

5. Where did Luther get the idea for personal callings?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A dream.
(c) His father.
(d) A history book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about most skilled laborers?

2. Who does God withhold his grace from according to the big Confession of 1647?

3. How much of Americans hold most of the wealth of the nation?

4. Who believed man's role in life was a task?

5. Why does the author choose the definition of the spirit of capitalism used in this book?

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