MARTIN LUTHER QUIZ               (1483-1546)

 

1.  Luther questioned the canonicity or inspired nature of four books of the New Testament. Which NT books?

1. James
2. Revelations
3. Hebrews
4. Jude
5. All of the above

 

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2. When Martin Luther wrote his German translation of the Bible, he added a word where it had never appeared in the text previously. What word was it?

1. acorn
2. alone
3. ascetic
4. awesome

 

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3. After seeing how the Protestant movement (the “protest” of the Catholic Church) was causing a domino effect of division after division among Protestants, what did Martin Luther say would need to happen?

 

1. Christians would eventually need to return to the decrees of the Catholic Church councils
2. Christians would need to form one undivided Protestant Church

 

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4.  Luther’s burial chamber was adorned with the image of

1. the coronation or crowning of Mary
2. a dove
3. a moon

 

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5.   Which of the following is NOT true about Luther?

1. He was devoted to the Blessed Mother
2. He believed in Baptismal regeneration
3. He believed the Body and Blood of Christ was truly present in the Eucharist
4. He referred to Mary as the “Mother of God.”
5. He thought our Lord's mother gave birth to babies with two different fathers, God and Joseph.

 

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6.  All of these individuals believed and taught the perpetual virginity of Mary (i.e. that Mary remained a virgin after giving birth to Jesus) with the exception of:

1. John Wesley (founder of Methodism)
2. John Calvin
3. Martin Luther
4. Huldreich Zwingli
5. Tammy Faye Baker

 

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7.  What did Luther write was permissible in the Bible?

1. marijuana smoking
2. polygamy
3. tattoos

 

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8. Fill in the blank for this famous Luther quote:

 

“…with regard to God, and in all that bears on salvation or damnation, [man] has no ______________ but is a captive, prisoner and bondslave, either to the will of God, or to the will of Satan.”

 

 

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9.   What book of the Bible was Luther referring to when he said: “I feel an aversion to it, and to me this is a sufficient reason for rejecting it.”

 

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10.  Fill in the blank for this 1523 Luther quote:

“Whoever possesses a good faith, says the ______________ without danger.”

a.      Lord’s Prayer

b.      Hail Mary

c.       Glory Be

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11. In 1519, Luther wrote: I never approved of a ___________, nor will I approve of it for all eternity.”

a. Bible tax

b. curfew

c. schism

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12. What was Martin Luther before he started Protestantism?

a. Buddhist monk    b. Catholic monk     c. Detective Monk

 

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13. How did Luther describe contraception?

            a. "a sin greater than adultery and incest"

            b. "a sin equal to adultery and incest"

            c "permissible if the husband is unable to refrain from relations one week each month."

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14. Which book of the Bible did Luther call "an epistle of straw."

a. James

b. Philemon

c. Acts 

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