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3. 1: Martin Luther’s wife’s name was: A) Cathy the Boring B) Katie the Cook C) Katharina von Bora D) the Little Mermaid

4. 1: Martin Luther’s wife’s name was: C) Katharina von Bora

5. 2: Before she married Luther, Katharina had been: A) the lead singer in an all girl band B) out past curfew every night C) hopelessly in love with Tetzel the pretzel D) a nun in a convent

6. 2: Before she married Luther, Katharina had been: D) a nun in a convent

7. 3: Katharina escaped from the convent by: A) hiding in a herring barrel B) riding a barrel over Niagara Falls C) pretending to be a barrel of laughs D) disguising herself as a barrel of monkeys

8. 3: Katharina escaped from the convent by: A) hiding in a herring barrel

9. 4: Martin and Katharina first met each other: A) while tubing on the Apple River B) during a rock concert at the Target Center C) in Wittenberg after her escape from the convent D) at Woodstock near the concession stand

10. 4: Martin and Katharina first met each other: C) in Wittenberg after her escape from the convent

11. 5: Luther and Katharina were married: A) in Wittenberg in June of 1525 B) in Las Vegas at a wedding chapel on the Strip C) in Daytona during spring break D) in the middle of an electrical storm on their way to the Diet of Worms

12. 5: Luther and Katharina were married: A) in Wittenberg in June of 1525

13. 6: Luther and Katie had: A) 16 dogs, 2 cats and a partridge in a pear tree B) 6 children of their own and several others they raised who were orphans C) a house on the French Rivera D) a boat, 2 snowmobiles and a Winnebago

14. 6: Luther and Katie had: B) 6 children of their own and several others they raised who were orphans

15. 7: Luther and Katie oftened played host and hostess to: A) Luther’s friends from his days as a Nascar driver B) Luther’s former girl friends C) Luther’s students D) everybody at the University of Wittenberg who couldn’t get a date on a Saturday night

16. 7: Luther and Katie oftened played host and hostess to: C) Luther’s students

17. 8: During their married life, Luther supported his family by: A) preaching sermons and writing books and hymns B) taking free will offerings at Lenten soup suppers C) loaning money to his students at exhorbitant interest rates D) teaching Confirmation in local churches

18. 8: During their married life, Luther supported his family by: A) preaching sermons and writing books and hymns

19. 9: In her later years, Katie Luther was well known for: A) her rice pudding recipe B) inventing pot luck dinners and church cookbooks C) selling eggs on the open market D) running the Luther household with a firm hand

20. 9: In her later years, Katie Luther was well known for: D) running the Luther household with a firm hand

21. 10: Did Katie Luther really invent the church potluck dinner? A) yes B) no C) maybe D) no one knows

22. 10: Did Katie Luther really invent the church potluck dinner? D) no one knows

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