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WorksheetsLesson 36-The Reformation Begins
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
How did Renaissance humanists contribute to the weakening of the Roman Catholic Church?
They questioned accepted beliefs.
They wrote poetry and plays.
They studied ancient texts.
They tried to elect a new Pope.
The practice of selling indulgences troubled many Catholics because the practice made it seem like
People could buy forgiveness for sins.
The Church was in economic trouble.
The government had lost its authority.
Anyone could buy a leadership position.
Simony upset many people. How might someone commit simony?
By paying money to be the priest of a large parish.
By breaking vows as a monk by getting married.
By telling people that an ordinary object is a relic.
By collecting taxes from poor people to give to the pope.
Which claim by the Catholic Church was a problem for monarchs?
Priests did not have to obey the king
Kings should stop fighting wars.
The queen should pray every day.
Actors should not perform on Sundays.
For several years there were two popes-
One in France and one in Rome.
One honest and one corrupt.
One elected and one appointed.
One Catholic and one Protestant.
How did the Western or Great Schism weaken the Catholic Church?
I reduced respect for the papacy.
It led to warfare between the sides.
It cost parishes much of their wealth.
It caused people to learn how to read.
Who might have said this quote: "I want to purify the church".
An early church reformer.
A devoted Catholic.
A supporter of simony.
An excommunicated clergy member.
What did John Wycliffe and several other reformers believe was the source of religious authority?
The Bible.
The Church
The individual.
The natural world.
Jan Hus wanted worship to be in the language of the people. What teaching of the Catholic Church did this oppose?
The mass should be in Latin.
All languages are equally good.
Silent worship is more respectful.
The monarch can choose the language.
Catherine of Siena helped prepare Europe for the Reformation by
Showing that one can have a personal experience of God.
Translating the Bible into Latin.
Criticizing the wealth of the Church.
Encouraging monarchs to take control of religious houses and the clergy.
What did the first Protestants protest against?
Corruption of the Catholic Church.
The humanist philosophy.
Decrees by King Henry VIII.
The reformation of government.
How did Martin Luther believe that people could gain salvation?
By having faith.
By living a good life.
By keeping the sacraments.
By giving money to the church.
What famous document did Martin Luther nail to a church door?
A list of arguments against abuses by the church.
A challenge for a Church official to debate him.
An order for the peasants to go back to their fields.
A statement that he was going to start his own church.
In what way was the Peace of Augsburg important?
It ended Christian unity in much of Europe.
It ended the Western Schism.
It was a serious setback for Protestantism.
It divided Italy into a number of separate states.
How did the printing press contribute to the Reformation?
It spread new ideas and translations of the Bible.
It led cities to establish new universities.
It created jobs for monks who left the monastery.
It meant that scholars no longer felt a need to travel.
Which reformer taught that business success was a sign of God's grace?
John Calvin.
John Wycliffe.
William Tyndale.
Huldrych Zwingli.
Why did the Dutch revolt against the Spanish?
They were sure they were going to win.
They wanted religious freedom.
They became priests.
They wanted to be an independent country.
The practice of indulgences troubled many reformers because it made it seem like...
The church was in economic trouble.
The government had lost authority.
Anyone could buy a leadership position.
The church was extremely greedy.
Many Europeans returned to the Catholic Church as a result of...
Jesuit missionaries.
Corrupt Protestants leaders.
Sale of indulgences.
Reinterpreting the sacraments.
Jan Hus wanted worship to be in the language of the people. What teaching of the Catholic Church did this oppose?
All church services must be in Latin.
All languages are equally good.
Silent worship is more respectful.
The monarch can choose the language.
The Edict of Nantes was ...
Humanistic literature.
A treaty to end a war.
A law granting religious freedom.
A type of Bible.
Which Pope moved the papacy back to Rome from Avignon?
Pope Clement I
Pope Gregory XI
Pope John II
Pope John PauI
Indulgence
A grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins.
Putting up with the corruption going on.
Not being bothered by circumstances.
Hakuna Matata
What is a mystic?
A person deeply devoted to religion that has spiritual experiences.
A person that people know very little about.
A person that can do magical things through the power of a deity.
A person that writes mystery novels.
King Henry VIII founded the...
Anglican Church
Frankish Church
Coptic Church
Presbyterian Church
