Reformation Quiz

Henry VIII and Elizabeth I are similar in that they

• initiated reforms to control religion from top down

• promoted Protestantism and fought the Hapsburgs

• experienced relative times of peace with neighboring states

• criticized Catholic abuses & established new doctrine

The Reformation began in _______. 

• Italy
• Germany
• France
• England

The primary purpose of the Peace of Augsburg (1555) was to

• end the wars between the Hapsburgs and the Valois.
• permit the political authority in each territory to decide whether the territory would be Catholic or Lutheran.
• end the Thirty Years’ War.
• facilitate diplomatic relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turks.

Which of Calvin's beliefs set him apart from Catholics?

• papal infallibility

• predestination

• link between personal wealth and salvation

• acceptance of religious rituals

What did the priest Johann Tetzel do that prompted Martin Luther to take action?

• Tetzel sold Bibles printed in Latin.

• Tetzel accused Luther of heresy.

• Tetzel challenged Luther to defend his 95 Theses in public.

• Tetzel sold indulgences, promising buyers an assured entry into heaven.

How did the printing press impact Europe?

• It allowed ideas to spread quickly among many people.

• It encouraged the continued use of Latin as the common language.

• It made the Counter-Reformation possible.

• Printed bibles united the various Protestant sects.

Martin Luther helped shape the Protestant Reformation by

• successfully challenging abuses of the Catholic Church.

• setting up a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland.

• encouraging and supporting the Peasants' Revolt.

• working with Anabaptists to form a united Protestant front against the Catholic Church.

King Henry VIII hoped that by breaking with the Catholic Church he would

• end papal authority in England.

• become the leading figure in the Protestant Reformation.

• ensure the right of his daughters to inherit the throne.

• free Church worship from Catholic rituals.

Ignatius of Loyola was a key figure in the Catholic Reformation because he actively put into practice the Church's new emphasis on

• maintaining the authority of the pope.

• spiritual discipline and religious education.

• identifying and executing heretics.

• establishing a military order of priests.

The Council of Trent is important because it

• brokered a peace between Protestants and Catholics in Europe.

• began the process of change that became the Catholic Reformation.

• reinforced the idea that people could still reach salvation through Protestantism.

• established the Catholic doctrine that the Bible was the only source of religious truth.