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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. How much of Americans hold most of the wealth of the nation?
(a) 25%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 10%.

2. Who had great influence on Luther?
(a) His father.
(b) The Pope.
(c) A great mystic.
(d) The Saints.

3. Why did the author hesitate to define the spirit of capitalism?
(a) It changes a lot.
(b) There is not really a definition.
(c) There are lots of different definitions that fit.
(d) It thins out the discussion.

4. What does Beruf mean?
(a) A vision.
(b) A weakness.
(c) A trial.
(d) A calling.

5. What religion focused on Predestination?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Luthern.
(c) Pietism.
(d) Mormonism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the author say a man should pay his debts on time?

3. Which of these is NOT a form of Protestantism?

4. How did Luther feel his ideas connected with Capitalism?

5. What did Medieval Capitalistic societies lack?

(see the answer key)

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