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Protestant & Catholic Reformation

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a cause of the Reformation

a)

There were too many members of the Catholic Church

b)

The Church did not have enough political power

c)

The Catholic church was to worried about power and money

d)

The priests and monks were more educated than the members of the church

2.

Which of the following was a cause of the Reformation

a)

There were too many members of the Catholic Church

b)

The Church did not have enough political power

c)

The Roman Empire didn't want to be Catholic anymore

d)

Gutenberg's printing press helped to spread ideas that were different than the Catholic church

3.

Which of the following was a cause of the Reformation

a)

There were too many members of the Catholic Church

b)

The Church did not have enough political power or money to keep up with the needs

c)

Individuals like Martin Luther had started to challenge the Catholic church's authority

d)

The priests and monks were more educated than the members of the church

4.

Who was the German Monk who challenged the Catholic church and is credited with starting the reformation.

a)

John Calvin

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

5.

worldly- not religious

a)

secular

b)

serfdom

c)

Protestant

d)

Catholic

6.

Christians who are not Catholic

a)

secular

b)

serfdom

c)

Protestant

d)

Catholic

7.

Who was the German blacksmith that created the moveable type printing press

a)

John Calvin

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

8.

How did Gutenberg's printing press contribute to Reformation?

a)

It spread ideas that were different than those of the church

b)

Gutenberg refused to allow the church to use the printing press

c)

It allowed people to print copies of their indulgence documents so they didn't need the church

9.

What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

a)

Utopia

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

the Bible

d)

The Prince

10.

Luther protested the selling of indulgences. What does that mean?

a)

Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.

b)

The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.

c)

Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a place in heaven.

d)

Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.

11.

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

John Knox

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Emperor Charles V

12.

What was one of John Calvin's major teachings?

a)

adult baptism

b)

predestination

c)

humanism

d)

indulgences

13.

What was the name of John Calvin's branch of christianity?

a)

Protestantism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Lutheranism

d)

Calvinism

14.

The idea from the beginning of time, God decided who would be saved, was called...

a)

salvation

b)

pre-determinism

c)

predestination

d)

Calvinism

e)

Protestantism

15.

Calvinists who moved to the North American colonies were called...

a)

Protestants

b)

Calvinists

c)

Puritans

d)

Catholics

16.

Lutheran, Calvinism, and Anglicanism are all examples of...

a)

Protestant denominations of Christianity

b)

Catholic churches

c)

Muslim churches

d)

Jewish denominations

17.

John Calvin led the city of Geneva, Switzerland with a very strict and rigid approach

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which was not an idea central to Calvinism

a)

priesthood of the believer

b)

salvation by faith

c)

transubstantiation

d)

providence

19.

A meeting where the church agreed that the Church's interpretation of the Bible is final.

a)

Council of Clermont

b)

Council of Nicaea

c)

Council of Trent

d)

Council of Rome

20.

How did the Council of Trent address the issue of selling indulgences?

a)

They affirmed the Church could sell indulgences

b)

They affirmed the Catholic Church's power to grant them, but it could not be for personal gain

c)

They abolished indulgences altogether.

d)

Indulgences could be granted but only after review by a college of bishops

21.

During the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church affirmed that the bible could only be in what language?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Vernacular

d)

Aramaic

22.

The only purpose of the Catholic Reformation was to cleanse the Catholic Church to check the growth of Protestantism.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

It was not until the whole German nation was likely to be swept into the Protestant orbit that any of the popes saw the need for reform.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Clement VII summoned a council in the city of Trent in 1545

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The purpose of the Council of Trent was to redifine the doctrines of the Catholic Church.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The Council of Trent reaffirmed that good works were held to be as necessary for salvation as faith.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The activities of the Jesuits helped the Protestants to be successful.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Society of Jesus in 1534, was a Spanish monk all his life.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Society of Jesus was a company of soldiers sworn to defend the faith.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

A very important activity of the Jesuits was education.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The most immediate effect of the Catholic Reformation was a rise in religious toleration.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Roman Inquisition was founded in 1542.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The prevalent attitudes of intolerance led to prolonged religious warfare between Catholics and Protestants.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The religious wars in France were settled in 1598 when the Catholic king, Henry VII, issued the Edict of Nantes guaranteeing freedom of conscience to Protestants.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The Renaissance had distorted the curricula of the schools into an emphasis upon Green and Latin and on restricting education to aristocracy.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Lutherans, Calvinists, and Jesuits, ambitious to propagate their respective doctrines, establishe schools for the masses.

a)

True

b)

False