Renaissance and Reformation TEST

Luther believed that salvation could be achieved through faith alone. This is called

• justification of faith.

• salvation though time.

• heaven through faith.

• purgatory

The development of printing in Europe led to

• religious tolerance.

• increased competition with China.

• increased literacy.

• increased corruption in the Catholic Church.

Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church for

• selling indulgences

• preaching forgiveness.

• translating the Bible into German

• believing in the Bible.

Gutenberg helped the spread of Renaissance ideas by

• developing a revolutionary printing method

• opening a school in Venice for northern Europeans.

• opening a school in Florence for sculptures

• bring Leonardo da Vinci and other scholars to Paris.

Italian interest in classical tradition was fueled by

• a concentration of the Italian population in rural villages

• the Roman heritage in Italy

• Italy’s use of Latin as the vernacular.

• centuries of Greek rule by Sicily

The purchase of a certificate of indulgence was supposed to provide

• a position in the Catholic Church.

• a position in the civil service

• a reduction of punishment for sins

• freedom from feudal obligations

Ties between the Catholic Church and England were weakened by

• Henry VIII’s decision to execute Anne Boleyn.

• queen Mary’s decision to bring Protestant doctrine into the English Church.

• Henry VIII’s decision to divorce or annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon

• the death of young Edward VI.

Europe from the 1500s could be roughly divided between

• a Protestant south and a Catholic north

• a Protestant north and a Catholic south

• a Protestant east and a Catholic west

• a Protestant west and a Catholic east

The Renaissance began in the city-states of this European country

• England

• France

• Germany

• Italy

What action did Martin Luther take to begin the Protestant Reformation?

• He went to Rome and spat on the Pope’s face.

• He posted 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg.

• He started a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland.

• He invented the printing press to spread his ideas