Question 1

The Reformation ran counter to the development of modernity by

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A) shattering the religious unity of the West. 
B) contributing to the autonomy of the state. 
C) its renewed stress on otherworldliness. 
D) its anti-authoritarian tendencies. 
E) its emphasis on the individual. 
A) shattering the religious unity of the West. 
B) contributing to the autonomy of the state. 
C) its renewed stress on otherworldliness. 
D) its anti-authoritarian tendencies. 
E) its emphasis on the individual.

Question 2

All the following factors pushed German peasants to revolt in 1524 EXCEPT

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A) the greed and conspicuous wealth of the clergy. 
B) Luther's preaching about freedom and his successful revolt against the church. 
C) low wages paid by townspeople and domination by the nobility. 
D) plague, disease, and famine. 
E) severe inflation and growing poverty. 
A) the greed and conspicuous wealth of the clergy. 
B) Luther's preaching about freedom and his successful revolt against the church. 
C) low wages paid by townspeople and domination by the nobility. 
D) plague, disease, and famine. 
E) severe inflation and growing poverty.

Question 3

The followers of Luther, as a whole, believed that women

Accepted Answer

A) were in all respects equal to men since they, too, would die and "stand naked before their Creator." 
B) should be given all the rights of men, except those in the public sphere. 
C) should marry and be silent and obedient. 
D) were less carnal than men. 
E) none of the above 
A) were in all respects equal to men since they, too, would die and "stand naked before their Creator." 
B) should be given all the rights of men, except those in the public sphere. 
C) should marry and be silent and obedient. 
D) were less carnal than men. 
E) none of the above

Question 4

A historian's explanation of the failure of the Reformation to take hold in Italy and Spain would be

Accepted Answer

A) the Catholic church was not as corrupt in those countries as it was north of the Alps. 
B) God has clearly predestined the Italians and Spaniards to damnation. 
C) the Catholic church effectively eliminated the Reformation in those countries. 
D) the culture of Protestantism only appealed to Germanic peoples. 
E) the Reformation is associated with the growth of capitalism, and capitalism was very weak in Italy and Spain. 
A) the Catholic church was not as corrupt in those countries as it was north of the Alps. 
B) God has clearly predestined the Italians and Spaniards to damnation. 
C) the Catholic church effectively eliminated the Reformation in those countries. 
D) the culture of Protestantism only appealed to Germanic peoples. 
E) the Reformation is associated with the growth of capitalism, and capitalism was very weak in Italy and Spain.

The Reformation ran counter to the development of modernity by

All the following factors pushed German peasants to revolt in 1524 EXCEPT

The followers of Luther, as a whole, believed that women

A historian's explanation of the failure of the Reformation to take hold in Italy and Spain would be

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Exam 14: The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

The Reformation ran counter to the development of modernity by

All the following factors pushed German peasants to revolt in 1524 EXCEPT

The followers of Luther, as a whole, believed that women

A historian's explanation of the failure of the Reformation to take hold in Italy and Spain would be

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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