WorksheetsReformation Begins '25 based on QUIZ
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The practice of selling indulgences troubled many Catholics because the practice made it seem like
a)
the Church was in economic trouble.
b)
the government had lost its authority.
c)
anyone could buy a leadership position.
d)
people could buy forgiveness for sins.
2.
Simony upset many people. How might someone commit simony?
a)
by breaking vows as a monk by getting married
b)
by paying money to be the priest of a large parish
c)
by telling people that an ordinary object is a holy relic
d)
by collecting taxes from poor people to give to the pope
3.
Which claim by the Catholic Church was a problem for monarchs?
a)
Kings should stop fighting wars.
b)
The queen should pray every day.
c)
Priests did not have to obey the king.
d)
Actors should not perform on Sundays.
4.
What did John Wycliffe and several other reformers believe was the source of religious authority?
a)
the Bible
b)
the Church
c)
the individual
d)
the natural world
5.
Jan Hus wanted worship to be in the language of the people. What teaching of the Catholic Church did this oppose?
a)
The mass should be in Latin.
b)
All languages are equally good.
c)
Silent worship is more respectful.
d)
The monarch can choose the language.
6.
Catherine of Siena helped prepare Europe for the Reformation by
a)
translating the Bible into Italian.
b)
criticizing the wealth of the Church.
c)
encouraging monarchs to take control of religious houses and the clergy.
d)
showing that one can have a personal experience of God.
7.
What did the first Protestants protest against?
a)
the humanist philosophy
b)
decrees by King Henry VIII
c)
the reformation of government
d)
corruption in the Catholic Church
8.
How did Martin Luther believe that people could gain salvation?
a)
by having faith
b)
by living a good life
c)
by keeping the sacraments
d)
by giving money to the Church
9.
What famous document did Martin Luther nail to a church door?
a)
a challenge for a Church official to debate him
b)
a list of arguments against abuses by the Church
c)
an order for the peasants to go back to their fields
d)
a statement that he was going to start his own church
10.
How did the printing press contribute to the Reformation?
a)
It led cities to establish new universities.
b)
It spread new ideas and translations of the Bible.
c)
It created jobs for monks who left the monastery.
d)
It meant that scholars no longer felt a need to travel.
11.
a particular religious group within a larger faith; for example, Lutheranism is one denomination within Christianity.
a)
Denomination
b)
Protestant
c)
vernacular
d)
Anabaptists
12.
A Roman Catholic priest from England who criticized the Church and translated bible into English.
a)
John Wycliffe
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Knox
d)
Pope Clement
13.
Pardons for sins committed during a persons's lifetime
a)
indulgences
b)
Popes and Roman Catholic Church
c)
heretic
d)
John Wycliffe
14.
What did Henry VIII want, that the Pope would not allow?
a)
A divorce
b)
A paycheck
c)
A second wife
d)
To rule over all of Europe
15.
Who started the Church of England?
a)
William Tyndale
b)
Henry VIII
c)
John Wycliffe
d)
John Calvin
16.
William Tyndale translated parts of the Bible into English. His work paved the way for a version of the Bible called the _________ ____________Bible which had an enormous influence on English worship, language, and literature.
a)
Will Tyndale
b)
King James
17.
Erasmus wrote what
a)
95 theses
b)
A satire of the Catholic Church
c)
The Bible in English
d)
A letter to the Pope telling him he was excommunicated
18.
someone officially recognized as holy by the Catholic Church as doing God's work and miracles - often the recognition occurs after death
a)
Pope
b)
saint
c)
priest
d)
none of the options
19.
an argument, often written, to support an idea
a)
thesis
b)
theory
c)
sermon
d)
debate
20.
everyday language
a)
vernacular
b)
Latin
c)
what the Bible was originally written in
d)
none of the answers
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