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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 does Luther vow to do?

2. Why does Hans Luther say his son should study to earn a living and not enter the monastery?

3. Why does Luther reject the idea that Christ is sacrificed again at the Lord's Supper?

4. What realization does Luther come to in Wittenberg?

5. Under what condition does Luther refuse to come to an examination by the Diet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luther become both a national and an international figure?

2. How does Luther characterize the institution of the papacy?

3. How does Luther attempt to use the confessional?

4. Describe the daily prayer life in the monastery.

5. What is Luther's response to the bull Exsurge Domine?

6. What evidence is Luther confronted with at his hearing before King Charles?

7. How does Melanchthon alter Luther's teaching after his death?

8. What is the official church position on heresy?

9. Characterize the work called The Babylonian Captivity.

10. Explain the Catholic idea of the Eucharist that Luther initially accepts.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the Devil as Luther perceived him. In your essay, give your opinion about the existence of the Devil or whether it is a hold over from religious superstitions of the past.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about religious tolerance. In your essay discuss how Luther wanted religious tolerance for his beliefs but demonstrated his own intolerance for Jews and others who disagreed with him. State your opinion about how religious tolerance can be achieved.

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