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Protestant Reformation

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main point made by the 95 theses?
a)
Catholic Church is great!
b)
Catholic church is corrupt with indulgences
c)
The Counter- Reformation shows progress
d)
Predestination is determined by God
2.
Who was NOT a major influence in the Reformation?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
King Henry the VIII
c)
John Calvin
d)
Percales of Athens
3.
Who is the head of the Anglican Church?
a)
The King of England
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Calvin
d)
The Pope
4.
What was the Catholic Church promising with if you bought indulgences?
a)
automatic entrance into Heaven
b)
predestination 
c)
charity 
d)
A chance to fight in the 30 years war
5.
Which of the following movements happened in Europe that led to the Reformation?
a)
Fall of Rome
b)
Renaissance
c)
River Valley Civilizations
d)
Mongol Empire
6.
A heretic is 
a)
Someone who challenges church doctrine
b)
Someone who works for the Inquisition.
c)
Someone who sells fish
d)
A protestor
7.
The printing press was important because 
a)
religious ideas reached people faster. 
b)
the Church had more control over what people read.
c)
people could make flyers more quickly
d)
It slowed down the Reformation
8.
The idea of predestination was proposed by 
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Mahatma Ghandi
c)
John Calvin
d)
Thomas Jefferson
9.
The first Protestant branch of Christianity was 
a)
Baptists
b)
Evangelists
c)
Pentacostal
d)
Lutherans
10.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
d)
a call for a new pope
11.
What does writing in the vernacular mean?
a)
writing in a foreign language
b)
writing in first person voice 
c)
writing in Latin 
d)
writing in people's native language 
12.
Luther was able to criticize the Roman Catholic Church and translate the Bible into German primarily because
a)
German princes protected him.
b)
he bought indulgences.
c)
he was Pope Leo's cousin.
d)
the Pope tolerated it.
13.
This was the Church practice of selling forgiveness for sin 
a)
Usury
b)
Tithe
c)
Sin Tax
d)
Indulgences
14.
Martin Luther first announced his opposition to the Catholic Church in the city of 
a)
Wittenberg
b)
Geneva
c)
Hamburg
d)
Newton
15.
The idea that God has already determined who will be saved is called
a)
indulgence
b)
diet
c)
predestination
d)
theocracy
16.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
An African-American civil rights leader
b)
An NFL quarterback for the NY Jets
c)
A Germen priest who rebelled against the Catholic Church
d)
A dance club DJ who plays hip-hop music
17.
What event was the start of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Martin Luther creating a competing church to the Catholic Church
b)
Martin Luther taking over the church at Worms from the Catholic Priest
c)
Martin Luther writing a book condemning the Catholic Church
d)
Martin Luther posting his suggestions for reforms to the church to the door of the church
18.
Which of the following were beliefs that Martin Luther?
a)
Money was the root of all evil in the world
b)
Man is saved by grace through Faith
c)
Good works is required to earn a person salvation
d)
Heaven is reserved for the selected few who earn God's favor on earth
19.
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?
a)
Henry VIII had deep theological disagreements with the Church
b)
The Pope Excommunicated Henry VIII
c)
Henry VIII started a war with the king of Spain, the Pope's distant cousin
d)
He wanted to annul his marriage to marry his girlfriend to get an heir to the throne
20.
How did Mary I earn the nickname "Bloody Mary"?  
a)
Mary was deposed by the people in a bloody coup d'etat
b)
Mary executed people who would not return to Catholicism 
c)
Mary had hemophelia, causing her to bleed extremely easily
d)
She was drawn and quartered
21.
What European region/state was Martin Luther from?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
England
d)
The Netherlands
22.
How did Pope Leo X respond to Luther's desire to break away from the Catholic church?
a)
He killed him.
b)
He apologized for any inconveniences.
c)
He excommunicated him.
d)
He sang him a beautiful rendition of You Are My Sunshine.
23.
Who was Henry VIII's first wife who failed to provide him with a male heir?
a)
Catherine of Aragon
b)
Anne Bolyn
c)
Jane Seymour
d)
Catherine Parr
24.
Which wife of Henry VIII found herself on Henry's "bad side" after failing to produce a male heir and was enventually beheaded for treason?
a)
Catherine of Aragon
b)
Anne Boleyn
c)
Jane Seymour
d)
Catherine Parr
25.
Rather than believing in the power of priests, what would a Protestant put full faith in?
a)
The teachings of Jesus and the Bible
b)
The Quran and the Power of Allah
c)
The power of the Pope
d)
They believe that God does not exist
26.
Who was the Holy Roman Emperor that outlawed Martin Luther?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Charles V
c)
Frederick of Saxony
d)
Johan Tetzel
27.
How did the Peace of Augsburg change the prevailing view on Protestantism?
a)
It allowed German princes to choose the religion of their kingdoms.
b)
It ended the Hundred Years' War.
c)
It allowed the Middle Eastern countries to adopt Christianity.
d)
Its passage started the French Revolution.
28.
What religion were ALL Christians before the Reformation?
a)
Jewish
b)
Christian
c)
Catholic
d)
Baptist
29.
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses were a call for
a)
revolt against German princes.
b)
reforming the Catholic Church.
c)
greater papal authority.
d)
spreading Christianity.