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Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Catholic monk started a new religious order to combat the spread of Protestantism.

a)

Joan of Arc

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

St. Ignatius of Loyola

d)

Bartolomé de la Casa

2.

person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

a)

delinquent

b)

convict

c)

heretic

3.

a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of the Christian churches that rejected the Pope's authority

a)

Reformation

b)

Renaissance

c)

Reconquista

d)

Reconstruction

4.

When did the Council of Trent first meet?

a)

1545 A.D.

b)

1994

c)

1497 A.D.

d)

204 B.C.

5.

According to Martin Luther, where is ultimate religious authority determined?

a)

The decisions of the Pope

b)

The bible

c)

The actions of the Priest

d)

Whatever feels good in the moment

6.

Why did England break with the Church?

a)

Martin Luther's influence spread throughout country

b)

John Calvin set up his theocracy in one the towns

c)

The king wanted a divorce and Church said no

d)

The England did not break from the Catholic Church

7.

What invention allowed Martin Luther's ideas to spread?

a)

Thermometer

b)

Microscope

c)

Printing Press

d)

Printer

8.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
9.

According to Martin Luther, where is ultimate religious authority determined?

a)

The decisions of the Pope

b)

The bible

c)

The actions of the Priest

d)

Whatever feels good in the moment

10.

What is it called when you take back something you said?

a)

heresy

b)

recant

c)

deviation

d)

tithes

11.

The Protestant Reformation was

a)

a movement to reform the Catholic Church.

b)

started by a German monk named Martin Luther.

c)

led to the creation of Protestant Churches.

d)

all of the above

12.
What is excommunication?
a)
You are kicked out of the church for life and won't go to heaven.
b)
You are put on trial, tortured, and given a choice to convert or die.
c)
You can pay money to have your sins forgiven: ticket to heaven.
d)
You are brought up on criminal charges, accusing you of going against approved teachings/beliefs.
13.

Which religion did Henry VIII establish?

a)

Church of Spain

b)

Lutheranism

c)

Church of England 

d)

Anabaptists

14.
What were the complaints Luther made against the Church called?
a)
95 Theses
b)
95 Topic Sentences
c)
59 Theses
d)
95 Wrongs
15.
What were the 95 Theses?
a)
A Country music band.
b)
The name of the Popes army.
c)
Martin Luther's 95 arguments against the sale of Indulgences
16.

A release from sin given by the Catholic church

a)

fundamental

b)

indulgence

c)

predestination

d)

Transubstantiation

17.
Which German priest started the Reformation?
a)
John Calvin
b)
Henry VIII
c)
Pope Paul III
d)
Martin Luther
18.

Who was Henry the VIII’s first wife?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Catherine of Aragon

d)

Jane Seymor

19.

Why did Henry the Eighth want to divorce his first wife Catherine?

a)

He thought that Anne Boleyn was to hot to say no to.

b)

Because he wanted a son and heir.

c)

Because he had fallen out of love with his wife Catherine.

d)

Because he wanted to become a Pope and rule the world.

20.

Why did Henry feel he should be allowed to divorce his wife?

a)

Because their marriage was unlawful as Catherine wa married to his brother first

b)

The country owed him

c)

He’s the King he can do whatever he wants

d)

Because Pope Clement VII and Cardinal Wolsey had a meeting about it.

21.

Why was King Henry VIII not allowed to divorce Catherine of Aragon?

a)

Pope Clement VII said no because he was being pressured by Catherine’s nephew, Charles V the king of Spain.

b)

Because the Pope thought Henry could have just kept Anne Boleyn as a mistress on the side and not rocked religious world and England.

22.

What did King Henry VIII do to protest the Catholic Church?

a)

in 1594 Parliment passed the Act of Supremacy and created The Church of England and he was the head of it, not the Catholic Pope.

b)

He stayed married to Catherine of Aragon because Pope Celement denied the annulment of their marriagd

c)

He wrote a series of strongly worded letters to the Pope expressing his displeasure at the Catholic Church.

d)

Shrugged his shoulders and beheaded someone.

23.

What was the Act of Supremacy?

a)

It declared that the Catholic Church was now based in England.

b)

It made the King of England, not the Pope, the head of the Church of England.

c)

It let the King divorce whomever he wanted whenever he wanted.

24.

What does the word Recant mean?

a)

To completely agree with another person or groups statement or belief system.

b)

To stop doing something bad.

c)

To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).

d)

To make a formal statement of agreement with a religious figure

25.

What is Reformation?

a)

When King Henry kept on changing his wives to have a son and heir.

b)

A movement in Western Europe that aimed at reforming some doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the establishment of the Protestant churches.

c)

When two valance elections form to create a balanced atom.

d)

A movement to unite Protestant and Catholic religions as one.

26.

What was the Council of Trent?

a)

A meeting of Catholic clerics convened by Pope Paul III (served 1534-1549) in response to the Protestant Reformation.

b)

A group that met in separate sessions, where the council reaffirmed the authority of the Catholic Church.

c)

A meeting of Catholic clerics where they codified scripture, reformed abuses, & condemned Protestant theology, establishing the vision & goals of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

d)

All of the above

27.

Wha was Ignatius Loyola?

a)

Founder of the Society of Hades, also known as the devil worshipers order.

b)

A soldier who became a Catholic priest and theologian after a mystical experience convinced him he was called to the service of Christ. The founder of the Jesuit order.

c)

Founder of a famous college in the USA

d)

A partner with Martin Luther and a Protestant