Reformation Quizizz

Protestantism is...

• a branch of Christianity

• a branch of the Roman Catholic Church

• A new religion

• An old religion

What was one way in which the church was NOT corrupt at this time?

• The church was selling indulgences

• The Popes were more concerned with politics than with religion

• Some priests were illiterate and unfamiliar with the Bible

• The Catholic church no longer believed in Jesus

What is an "Indulgence"

• A relic

• A coin

• A pardon

• A sin

The first Protestant group were the __________

• Calvinists

• Lutherans

• Huguenots

• The Jesuits

Martin Luther, a monk from Germany, is famous for writing what?

• In Praise of Folly

• Utopia

• 95 Thesis

• Peace of Augsberg

What happened to Luther after he published his list of complaints against the church?

• He was excommunicated and went into hiding

• He took back his complaints

• He was flogged

• He was placed in jail.

Who supported Martin Luther and why?

• The church because they saw the error of their ways

• The Pope

• German rulers and peasants because they resented the power and wanted equality

• The Holy Roman Emperor

John Calvin was a protestant from

• Holy Roman Empire

• England

• France

• The Americas

By the mid-sixteenth century, what was the most prominent form of Protestantism?

• Lutheranism

• Calvinism

• Huguenots

• Anglicans

Henry VIII had who formally separate the Catholic Church in England from the Pope in Rome?

• Anne Boleyn

• Catherine of Aragon

• Parliament

• Elizabeth I