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Luther

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Pope in the beginning, who opposed Luther and accepted the practice of indulgences?

a)

Charles V

b)

Ferdinand

c)

Leo X

d)

Aleander

2.

What was the name of the document Martin Luther nailed to the Church doors?

a)

Revocco

b)

95 Theses

c)

Origins of the New Testament

d)

Concerning Christianity

3.

What ruler protected Martin through it all?

a)

Frederick

b)

Charles

c)

Leo X

d)

Aleander

4.

What year was Martin Luther burned at the stake for herecy against the Catholic Church?

a)

1535

b)

He was not burned at the stake

c)

1540

d)

1550

5.

Where was Martin Luther from?

a)

France

b)

Greece

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

6.

What did Luther want the common people to be able to do for themselves?

a)

pray in the vatican

b)

pray with the rosary

c)

practice religion in Italy

d)

read and interpret the Bible

7.

What practice involved purchasing items to reduce your time in purgatory?

a)

Prayers

b)

Priesthood of the individual

c)

Rosary sales

d)

Indulgences

8.

What language did Luther translate the Bible into?

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

c)

French

d)

German

9.

What traveling monk sold indulgences to the masses and sold one to Grete to get into heaven?

a)

Tetzel

b)

Aleander

c)

Spalatin

d)

Leo X

10.

What did Luther give to and dedicate to Prince Frederick?

a)

Relic of John Baptists Skull

b)

Rosary

c)

Translated New Testament

d)

A metal Cross

11.

What institution did Luther say was nobel and not allowed by the Catholic Church?

a)

Pilgrimages

b)

Prayer

c)

Translating

d)

Marriage

12.

Martin Luther was willing to recant all his works, should the scripture prove them wrong.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Martin Luther kept with the expectations of clergy and never married.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Peace of Augsburg, signed in 1555,

a)

ended serfdom for peasants and afforded them better lives.

b)

named the Lutheran religion the official religion of the south.

c)

allowed each prince to decide which religion would be followed in his lands.

d)

allowed clergy to sell indulgences in only a few select circumstances.

15.

Why were indulgences sold during the Renaissance period?

a)

to keep the people from being afraid of the church's harsh teachings

b)

to make all Churchgoers equal in the eye of God

c)

to keep Christianity dominant religion amongst the lower and middle classes

d)

to finance Church projects and keep up the lavish lifestyle of the popes