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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. What kind of literature does Pilgrim's Progress fall under?
(a) Educational.
(b) Puritan.
(c) Dogmatic.
(d) Historical.

2. How do Catholics look at risk?
(a) As a danger.
(b) As an opportunity.
(c) As an anomaly.
(d) As unnecessary.

3. What does the author say a man needs to make money?
(a) Time.
(b) All of these.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Money.

4. What did Luther say worldly duties were subordinate to?
(a) Physical needs.
(b) Spiritual duties.
(c) Charitable deeds.
(d) Nothing.

5. What did Pascal think was vanity?
(a) Images and mirrors.
(b) Church worship.
(c) Confessions.
(d) Worldly activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Traditionalists work so hard?

2. What kind of sects came from Calvinism?

3. Why does the author choose to define the spirit of capitalism?

4. What did the highly developed sectors of the 16th century have in common?

5. What countries does the author say are the most religious?

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