Q 01/05

Martin Luther is remembered as the seminal figure of which movement?

A) The Protestant Reformation

B) The Enlightenment

C) The Counter-Reformation

D) The Renaissance

Answer · why

A) The Protestant Reformation

Luther launched the Protestant Reformation with his Ninety-five Theses of 1517; his theology became the basis of Lutheranism, though he asked his foll...

Q 02/05

In which town was Luther born in 1483, and where did he also die?

A) Eisleben

B) Erfurt

C) Wittenberg

D) Eisenach

Answer · why

A) Eisleben

Luther was born in Eisleben on 10 November 1483 and died there on 18 February 1546, three days after preaching his last sermon in the town.

Q 03/05

What did Luther's father Hans do for a living?

A) Ran a small brewery

B) Served as a parish priest

C) Leased copper mines and smelters

D) Farmed the family estate

Answer · why

C) Leased copper mines and smelters

Hans Luder, a former miner, leased copper mines and smelters around Mansfeld and sat on the town council; he was determined that Martin, his eldest so...

Q 04/05

At which university did Luther study, later describing it as 'a beer house and whorehouse'?

A) Erfurt

B) Wittenberg

C) Heidelberg

D) Leipzig

Answer · why

A) Erfurt

Luther entered the University of Erfurt at 17 in 1501, took his master's degree in 1505 and enrolled in law there before dropping out almost at once.

Q 05/05

Caught in a thunderstorm in July 1505, Luther cried out a vow to which saint that he would become a monk?

A) Catherine

B) Augustine

C) Martin

D) Anna

Answer · why

D) Anna

He cried 'Help, Saint Anna, I will become a monk!'; taking the words as an unbreakable vow, he sold his books and entered a monastery on 17 July 1505.