| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What year was he born? | 1483 | 57%
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| What Diet was Luther ordered to attend to discuss his writings - such as the 95 theses? | Diet of Worms (1521) | 57%
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| What 15th century invention caused the spread of the 95-theses all across Western Europe in a matter of months? | Guttenberg printing press | 57%
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| What year did Luther post his 95-theses? | 1517 | 43%
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| What year did he earn his master's degree? | 1505 | 29%
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| What was his father's profession? | coal miner | 29%
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| What practice did Johann Tetzel promote, Albert of Brandenburg used to repay the Fuggers (for the Electorate of Mainz) and Pope Leo X used to rebuild St. Pauls Basilica? | indulgences | 29%
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| What did he study? | law | 29%
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| What part of the bible did Luther translate from Greek to German? | New Testament | 29%
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| What did Martin Luther burn, which was a warning to Luther, that got him excommunicated in 1521? | papal bull | 29%
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| In 1501, what university was Martin Luther educated in? | University of Erfurt | 29%
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| What church door did Luther post his 95-theses to? | Wittenberg Castle Church | 29%
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| What year did Luther go on a pilgrimage to Rome, and saw the corruption of the Papacy? | 1510 (November) | 14%
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| When did Luther return to Wittenberg to banish the radicals and Zwickau prophets? | 6 March 1522 | 14%
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| What almost his him in July that year, causing him to dedicate to the Augustinian order? | a lightning bolt | 14%
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| What Holy Roman Emperor hosted this Diet? | Charles V | 14%
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| What was written that defined what Lutheranism was at this Diet? | Confession of Augsburg | 14%
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| What prince negotiated with the Pope for Luther to not go to Rome? | Frederick III of Saxony | 14%
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| Who was the Swiss Protestant leader, who negotiated with Luther about unifying the Protestants in the Marburg Colloquy 1529? | Huldrych Zwingli | 14%
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| Especially in his later years, what religion did he hate, even more than Christian rivals at the time Islam? | Judaism | 14%
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| Who did Martin Luther marry? | Katharina von Bora | 14%
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| In 1508, what university did Luther teach theology? | University of Wittenberg | 14%
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| After the Edict of the above, what castle was Luther protected in? | Wartburg Castle | 14%
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| When did Martin Luther die? | 18 February 1546 | 0%
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| Who was the leader of the radicalistic approach of Lutheranism? | Andreas Karlstadt | 0%
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| Who was Pope Leo X's representative that engaged with a 'intellectual debate' with Luther, in 1518? | Cardinal Cajetan | 0%
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| What Diet was held by the H.R.E to try to restore unity to the church, this ultimately failed? | Diet of Augsburg (1530) | 0%
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| What Diet was held by the H.R.E's brother Ferdinand that suspended the 1521 Diet for support to gather the Lutheran prince support (Luther was not allowed to attend)? | Diet of Speyer (1526) | 0%
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| What Diet was held by Ferdinand that established zero toleration to Lutheranism (Luther again was not allowed to attend)? | Diet of Speyer (1529) | 0%
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| What famous annulment between a King and his Spanish wife did Luther disagree with, but it happened anyway in 1533? | Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon | 0%
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| What theologian attempted to expose Luther as a heretic in a public debate, in 1519? | Johann Eck | 0%
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| What revolt in 1525 did Luther controversially refused to support? | Peasant's revolt | 0%
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| Who wrote the definition of Lutheranism, as Luther's representative? | Philip Melanchthon | 0%
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| What document did Luther write that defended the need for this military alliance, in 1537? | Schmalkaldic Articles | 0%
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| After this Diet failed, what was the military alliance called that the Lutheran princes created for protection of Lutheranism? | Schmalkaldic League | 0%
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