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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. What kind of writings are talk of Beruf non existent in?

2. What warning did Calvin give his followers about Predestination?

3. What religion caused the most conflicts in the 16th and 17th centuries?

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

5. Who did Calvin want his people to combat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Phillip Jakob Spencer do to change the religious climate of the time?

2. How did Cromwell's ideas about the poor relate to American finances?

3. Why does the author say he spends so much time talking about the Reformation?

4. How did the ideas about the nature of man differ from Calvinism and Lutheranism?

5. How did Luther feel about Monastic life, and why?

6. Why were Luther's ideas about Monastic life so ironic?

7. What was the major goal of most Traditionalists?

8. Why did Calvinists become so judgmental?

9. Where did Luther get the idea of personal callings?

10. Why did Traditionalist work hard during their lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Weber say he differed from most of the people he came in contact with, and what did this mean for his daily life?

Essay Topic 2

What is Traditionalism, and what are some of the pros and cons of this kind of mindset?

Essay Topic 3

How did the selection of quotes and excerpts chosen by Weber work together to make this book effective and significant?

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