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REFORMATION AND COUNTER -REFORMATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What is an inquisition?

a)

A journey undertaken to worship at a holy place.

b)

A series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics.

c)

The Latin word meaning "Great Charter".

d)

The Spanish word for "Reconquest".

3.

What monk began to question the teachings of the Catholic Church in 1517?

a)

Thomas Aquinas

b)

St. Benedict

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Richard of Wallingford

4.

What was the list of complaints against the Church called?

a)

95 Theses

b)

Peace of Augsburg

c)

Magna Carta

d)

New Testament

5.

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.

d)

He wanted to divorce to marry his girlfriend to get a heir (Boy) to the throne.

6.

What was the Reformation?

a)

When protestant churches and ideas formed, breaking away from the Catholic Church

b)

A time when people studied humanism and art

c)

When the Roman Empire split into two empires, the east and the west

7.

Before the Reformation, Christian churches were ___________

a)

Jewish

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

MuslimNone of the Above

d)

None of the above

8.

Martin Luther preached…

a)

That people could win salvation by faith in God's forgiveness.

b)

That the Bible, the pope, and the Church traditions were false authorities.

c)

That the Pope had the ultimate answers.

9.

This was the Church practice of selling forgiveness for sin

a)

Usury

b)

Tithe

c)

Sin Tax

d)

Indulgences

10.

The Catholic Reformation is also known as the __________________ Reformation.

a)

Forbidden

b)

Spanish

c)

Papal

d)

Counter

11.

How did the Reformation lead to the Enlightenment?

a)

Social classes became less defined during the Reformation.

b)

Muslims attracted more followers during the Reformation.

c)

People questioned beliefs and authority during the Reformation.

d)

The Catholic Church became more powerful during the Reformation.

12.

Who were considered heretics by the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

Muslims.

b)

Jews.

c)

Anyone who disagreed with the Church.


d)

All options are correct.

13.

What was the worst punishment for being named a heretic by the Catholic Church?

a)

Prison

b)

Not allowed in church

c)

Exiled from the country.

d)

Put to death.

14.

The shorter name or nickname for the Society of Jesus is...

a)

Franciscans

b)

Dominicans

c)

Those who wear the black

d)

Jesuits

15.

Jesuits advised Catholic leaders & defended the Church.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE