WorksheetsBamberg Quiz 2021 (E block)
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What percentage of women made up the accused ?
a)
78.3
b)
77.2
c)
72.7
2.
How many members of the Zeil town council were executed ?
a)
8
b)
11
c)
10
3.
How many of the people accused in Zeil were local officials or their relatives?
a)
One quarter
b)
One third
c)
Half
4.
How many old women were sent to execution?
a)
20
b)
7
c)
15
5.
When which person became prince bishop of Bamberg in 1623 did the hunts become more widespread?
a)
von Dornheim
b)
Hans Langhans
c)
Georg Hann
6.
How many households from the main street of Bamberg suffered witchcraft accusations?
a)
17
b)
21
c)
10
7.
How many suspects came before the court in 1627?
a)
125
b)
200
c)
130
d)
150
8.
How did people escape the trials?
a)
Fled to other countries to seek protection from the hunt.
b)
Found other like minded people to cause great battles of ideologies.
c)
Hid in the area in which they lived until the heat died down
d)
Nobody escaped the trials!!
9.
Who was the mayor of Zeil?
a)
Johannes Junius
b)
Hans Langhans
c)
George Edgar
10.
From what year did officials examine parish records for individuals who failed to receive Catholic communion?
a)
1626
b)
1628
c)
1629
11.
What year was the mayor of Zeil 'baptised by the Devil'?
a)
1610
b)
1611
c)
1612
12.
Amongst those accused, there were few... ?
a)
Middle aged women
b)
Married women
c)
Widowed women
13.
A nine-year-old boy confessed to having met a demon under the name?
a)
George
b)
Peter
c)
Andrew
14.
Out of the 642 people brought to trial between 1623-1645 how many were executed?
a)
594
b)
597
c)
576
15.
What did officials examine records for in 1628?
a)
individuals who had not been baptised
b)
individuals who failed to appear in church
c)
individuals who failed to receive a catholic communion
16.
How did the authorities in Bamberg use the execution of Georg Hann's wife and daughter to convince people of his guilt?
a)
By association
b)
By confession
c)
By similar accusations
17.
Where was the starting point of mass trials?
a)
Neil
b)
Zeil
c)
Bamberg
d)
L'manburg
18.
In Bamberg, what was the average age of women accused?
a)
30.5
b)
35.5
c)
40
19.
How many people in 1623-32 were implicated and executed?
a)
between 600-900
b)
700
c)
between 500-600
20.
George Eder was a catholic, true or false?
a)
true
b)
false
21.
What was the name of the 9 year old boy who confessed to meeting a demon?
a)
George
b)
Hans
c)
He was unnamed
d)
Zeil
22.
Conrad orter was executed in 1626, which of his family were detained and when?
a)
wife and daughter after 3 months
b)
son in law and daughter after 2 months
c)
wife and son in law in 1627
d)
wife and daughter 2 months later
23.
Who confessed to causing the frost that destroyed the wine crops and what did he do in 1611?
a)
Hans Langhans, he was baptised by the devil
b)
Georg Eder, he made a deal with the devil
c)
Hans Langhans, met a demon who encouraged him to destroy crops
d)
George Hans, baptised by the devil
24.
Which family were almost wiped out by the witch hunts?
a)
Marklein
b)
Eder
c)
Hann
25.
What was percentage of men accused in total throughout the trials
a)
33.4
b)
47.8
c)
27.3
26.
True or False?: a boy named George confessed to meeting a demon who encouraged him to destroy crops and kill livestock.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
True or False?: The mayor of Zeil, Georg Hann, confessed that he had been baptised by the Church in 1611 before being approached by the Devil.
a)
true
b)
False: the mayor of Zeil, Hans Langhans, had been baptised by the Church in 1611
c)
False: the mayor of Zeil, Hans Langhans, confessed to baptism by the Devil in 1611 (this one)
d)
False: the mayor of Zeil, Georg Hann, confessed to being baptised by the Devil in 1611
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