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Reformation

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was an indulgence?

a)

A vegan diet

b)

95 Theses

c)

protest against the Catholic Church

d)

Catholic Church released a person from punishment for sins

2.

Why did Martin Luther and others called for the Church to be reformed?

a)

Corruption in church- Charged for indulgences - read Bible

b)

- Love of power and money- Positions were bought and sold

c)

Allowed Luther's ideas to be read by millions of people

d)

They wanted to be ruled by the Kings instead of the Pope

3.

How does the invention of the printing press help to spread Martin Luther's ideas?

a)

It did not help his ideas

b)

It gave people jobs

c)

Allowed his ideas to be read by millions of people

d)

It spread the Pope's beliefs

4.

Lutherans (Lutheranism) was the first Protestant Church. What does Protestant mean?

a)

Reformation

b)

Martin Luther's middle name

c)

Indulgences

d)

protest against the Catholic Church

5.

What did Protestants want to change about the Bible in Western Europe?

a)

Make it so all can get into heaven no matter what

b)

Make it accessible for all to read

c)

Take God out of it

d)

Make it accessible to only Kings and Queens

6.

Why did Henry the VIII of England start the Church of England/(more commonly known today as the Anglican/Episcopalian Church)?

a)

He wanted to divorce his wife and marry his girlfriend

b)

He liked the power

c)

He knew there was money in religion

d)

He read the Bible and was convicted

7.

What happens to the Catholics under Henry VIII?

a)

The Church gained power

b)

The Catholic Church lost power

c)

Nothing happened to the Catholic Church

8.

Which of the following started the Counter Reformation?

a)

Peace of Augsburg

b)

Edict of Nantes

c)

Council of Trent

9.

Overall, which church was more aggressive with "with hunts" and witch trials?

a)

Catholic Church

b)

Protestant Church

10.

As the Catholic Church continued to lose power, what became of the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

It was eventually dissolved, allowing different countries to establish themselves.

b)

Nothing. It still exists today.

c)

The Lutheran Church took over and renamed it.

11.

What was the time in history when the Roman Catholic Church was questioned?

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Renaissance

c)

Reformation

d)

All of the Above

12.

How did the invention of the printing press help the Reformation?

a)

Bibles printed allowed more people to read them.

b)

People could read translations of the Bible in their language.

c)

It allowed reformers to spread their ideas.

d)

All of the Above

13.

Why did the Reformation begin?

a)

Luther wanted to start a new religion.

b)

The Church was poor and needed a new leader.

c)

Calvin wanted to head the Church.

d)

There were abuses in the Church that needed changing.

14.

Before the Reformation, Christian churches were ___________

a)

Jewish

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Muslim

d)

None of the Above

15.

What was the Spanish Inquistion?

a)

Attempt to spread protestant beliefs

b)

Attempt to rid Spain of non-Catholic people

c)

Attempt to spread Judaism

d)

Attempt to rid Spain of Catholics

16.

What was the list of complaints against the Church called?

a)

95 Theses

b)

Peace of Augsburg

c)

Magna Carta

d)

New Testament

17.

What was the Counter Reformation?

a)

Pope's decision to go to war

b)

Protestants moving to new lands

c)

Printing Bible in other languages

d)

Catholic Church making changes

18.

Why did Luther disagree with the selling of indulgences?

a)

He believed they should cost more.

b)

He believed people had to work to earn salvation.

c)

He believed salvation was a gift of grace.

d)

He believed his 95 Theses could get people to Heaven.

19.

If a person was accused of heresy, he/she could be kicked out of the church or ______________________.

a)

ordained

b)

crowned

c)

excommunicated

d)

reformed

20.
Martin Luther's main complaint was against what?
a)
Inquisitions
b)
Indulgences
c)
The Bible
d)
Ice Cream
21.
Protestant or Catholic belief? Predestination - that God already knows who is going to heaven
a)
Protestant
b)
Catholic
22.
Which of the following did NOT happen at the Council of Trent?
a)
It stopped the selling of indulgences. 
b)
It stopped the Inquisitions.
c)
It created a list of forbidden books.
d)
It created missionaries like the Jesuits to educate.
23.

T or F: The Catholic Church lost power when townspeople began to self-govern their own churches.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

T or F: The Catholic Church lost power when the Bible began to be translated into common languages.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
T or F: Protestants and Catholics are both Christians.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
A time of religious reform and protest towards the Catholic Church in Europe is called what?
a)
Reformation
b)
Renaissance
c)
Inquisitions
d)
Counter-Reformation
27.

What is a college for priests or ministers called?

a)

reform

b)

seminary

c)

heresy

d)

annul

28.

What does annul mean?

a)

to speak out against the church

b)

to buy a anniversary gift for your husband or wife

c)

to make changes to improve

d)

to declare something invalid

29.

Martin Luther left Rome thinking that:

a)

religious leaders were too greedy

b)

the church could not send people to heaven, only God could

c)

the plague was terrible

d)

he was homesick and missed his family

30.

Which of the following did Martin Luther NOT do?

a)

Translated the Bible to German

b)

Killed King Henry VIII

c)

Wrote the 95 Theses

d)

Complained about indulgences

e)

Drew comics about the pope