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

His theology forms the basis of Lutheranism, though he insisted his followers call themselves simply Christians or Evangelicals.

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

He was baptised the next morning on the feast of St Martin of Tours, and preached his last sermon there three days before his death.

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

He was determined that his eldest son should become a lawyer.

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

He entered at 17, took his master's in 1505 and enrolled in law 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 came to see the cry as a vow he could never break, sold his books and entered the Augustinian monastery within a fortnight.