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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Catholic church too indulgent to?
(a) The common man.
(b) The saint.
(c) The sinner.
(d) The heretic.

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

3. What does the author say man is driven by?
(a) The need to make money.
(b) The need to prove himself.
(c) The need to believe in God.
(d) The need to procreate.

4. What religion caused the most conflicts in the 16th and 17th centuries?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Catholocism.
(c) Puritanism.
(d) Calvinism.

5. What practices of Protestant sects are important to study for the sake of Capitalism?
(a) Economic.
(b) Personal.
(c) Moral.
(d) Spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Calvin say men existed for?

2. What did Luther think led his life?

3. What must there be a surplus of for Capitalism to succeed?

4. What makes laborers work harder?

5. How did Luther say God ranked things of importance?

(see the answer key)

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