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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Onslaught.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization does Luther come to in Wittenberg?
(a) There are no hard answers in the Bible.
(b) He can never do enough to save himself.
(c) He is wrong to opposed the Pope.
(d) He does more than necessary to save himself.

2. What does the church, according to Bainton, readily admit today?
(a) that the indulgence traffic saved the church from ruin
(b) that indulgences are correct but given too freely during Luther's time
(c) that the indulgence traffic was a scam
(d) that the indulgence priviliedge was often given too incorrectly

3. What is the purpose of confession?
(a) to keep people from becoming too proud
(b) to get things off ones chest
(c) to offer a chance to buy indulgences
(d) to admit all wrongdoing and seek absolution

4. Why does Hans Luther say his son should study to earn a living and not enter the monastery?
(a) because Hans is not a Catholic
(b) because he is too young to know his own mind
(c) because he should honor his mother's and father's wishes
(d) because Hans is ashamed to have his son beg

5. Where does Luther believe the answers for living a Christian life can be found?
(a) in the edicts of the Pope
(b) in the practice of good living
(c) in the Bible
(d) in the stars

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hans Luther's occupation?

2. Under what condition is Luther admitted into the monastery?

3. What is it that Luther seeks in the monastery?

4. What does Luther say about his first year of monastic life?

5. Besides himself, what does Luther begin to question?

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