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ASC Religion 9 - The Reformation

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Martin Luther become a Monk after....

a)

A near death experience in a storm

b)

A failed attempt at studying Law

c)

He decided to reform the Church

d)

He had an argument with his parents

2.

What was the 95 Theses? Who wrote them? Where were they posted?

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3.

What events contributed to the Reformation? List as many as you think are relevant

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4.

Name four of the key Reformers

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5.

What did John Calvin believe?

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6.

Who dismissed the authority of the Pope and started the Anglican Church?

a)

John Calvin

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

King Henry VIII

7.

Who believed in salvation by faith alone and that the Bible was the ultimate authority? (Scripta Sola)

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

Jan Hus

8.

King Henry took over the role of Head of the Church in England in a proclamation known as what

a)

The Anti Catholic Movement

b)

The Act of Contrition

c)

The Counter Reformation

d)

The Act of Supremacy

9.

What are indulgences?

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10.

What is meant by Heresy? (What is a Heratic?)

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11.
Why were people who sided with Luther and the other reformers called Protestants?
a)
They protested against Luther.
b)
They protested against the Catholic Church.
c)
They accepted all Catholic teachings.
d)
They all wrote the Bible into German.
12.
What was John Calvin's main teaching?
a)
predestination
b)
sola fida
c)
e pluribus unum
d)
indulgences
13.

The purpose of the Inquisition was to

a)

retake control of the Holy Land

b)

fight the spread of Protestantism

c)

strengthen the political power of the pope

d)

uncover heretics within the Catholic Church

14.

What was the main difference between Henry VIII's independent Church of England and the Catholic Church?

a)

the core beliefs and principles

b)

the main religious text used by priests

c)

the importance of good works for salvation

d)

the person who was the head of the church

15.

The Reformation began largely as a response to

a)

attacks on the Catholic Church by European Kings

b)

corrupt choices by the leaders of the Catholic Church

c)

efforts to move the capital of the Catholic Church to Germany

d)

Ottoman expansion into territory controlled by the Catholic Church

16.

John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli both

a)

participated in the Counter-Reformation

b)

accepted the doctrine of predestination

c)

helped Protestantism take root in Switzerland

d)

translated the Bible into their national language

17.

The purpose of the Council of Trent was to

a)

refute the Ninety-Five Theses

b)

stop the spread of Protestantism

c)

translate the Bible into national languages

d)

fight against heretics within the Catholic Church

18.

What did Luther write when he went into hiding?

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19.

Did Luther ever marry?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Why was the printing press an important invention with regard to the Reformation?

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21.

A Dominican monk, who travelled throughout Germany selling indulgences on behalf of the Church. Who was it that declared that as soon as the coins “clinked” in his money chest, the souls of those for whom the indulgences had been purchased would fly out of purgatory?

a)

Pope Leo X

b)

Ulrich Zwingili

c)

John Tetzel

d)

John Knox

22.

What happened to John Huss?

a)

Burned his Bible in disgust with the Pope

b)

Became disillusioned and left the Priesthood

c)

Became Pope Adrian VII

d)

Burned at the stake as a heretic