Question 1

The Peace of Augsburg temporarily stopped religious violence by

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A) giving each person in the Holy Roman Empire the freedom to practice the religion of his choice anywhere he wished. 
B) enforcing a ban on Protestantism. 
C) giving each ruler the power to determine which religion would be allowed on his territory. 
D) resolving the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. 
E) disarming the Holy Roman Empire. 
A) giving each person in the Holy Roman Empire the freedom to practice the religion of his choice anywhere he wished. 
B) enforcing a ban on Protestantism. 
C) giving each ruler the power to determine which religion would be allowed on his territory. 
D) resolving the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. 
E) disarming the Holy Roman Empire.

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

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What elements of the Radical Reformation support that label? How radical was the Radical Reformation?

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The Radical Reformation was a movement w

Question 4

Anabaptists believed in all the following EXCEPT

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A) infant baptism was invalid. 
B) Judgment Day was at hand. 
C) spiritual purity required total abstinence from sex. 
D) the light of conscience required the reform of all human institutions. 
E) polygamy. 
A) infant baptism was invalid. 
B) Judgment Day was at hand. 
C) spiritual purity required total abstinence from sex. 
D) the light of conscience required the reform of all human institutions. 
E) polygamy.

Question 5

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 6

The new religiosity in the Late Middle Ages included all of the following EXCEPT

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A) mysticism and a widespread desire for a direct contact between God and the individual. 
B) millenarian thinking. 
C) Church condemnation of the devotio moderna . 
D) communities of clergy and laity called the Brethren of the Common Life. 
E) an application of humanism to Christianity. 
A) mysticism and a widespread desire for a direct contact between God and the individual. 
B) millenarian thinking. 
C) Church condemnation of the devotio moderna . 
D) communities of clergy and laity called the Brethren of the Common Life. 
E) an application of humanism to Christianity.

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Protestants

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Who?
Protestants are followers of any of

Question 8

According to Luther, the gulf between God and humans could only be bridged by

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A) a priest. 
B) the sacraments. 
C) church ceremonies. 
D) confinement in convents and monasteries. 
E) a personal relationship with God. 
A) a priest. 
B) the sacraments. 
C) church ceremonies. 
D) confinement in convents and monasteries. 
E) a personal relationship with God.

Question 9

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

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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.

Question 10

Protestantism in Hungary was

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A) limited to the German population. 
B) strong among the nobility and townspeople and influenced the country's intellectual life. 
C) largely eliminated by the Turkish invasion in 1526 that destroyed most of the Hungarian nobility. 
D) eliminated when the Catholic Hapsburgs came to rule the country. 
E) established during the Hussite movement in neighboring Bohemia. 
A) limited to the German population. 
B) strong among the nobility and townspeople and influenced the country's intellectual life. 
C) largely eliminated by the Turkish invasion in 1526 that destroyed most of the Hungarian nobility. 
D) eliminated when the Catholic Hapsburgs came to rule the country. 
E) established during the Hussite movement in neighboring Bohemia.

Question 11

The history of Protestantism in France includes all the following EXCEPT

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A) a brutal war with the Catholics beginning in 1562. 
B) the slaughter of thousands of Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. 
C) the succession of one of their leaders to the throne. 
D) full religious tolerance in the Edict of Nantes in 1598. 
E) the emigration of a quarter million French Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. 
A) a brutal war with the Catholics beginning in 1562. 
B) the slaughter of thousands of Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. 
C) the succession of one of their leaders to the throne. 
D) full religious tolerance in the Edict of Nantes in 1598. 
E) the emigration of a quarter million French Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

Question 12

Luther and Calvin were similar in the following EXCEPT

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A) both had ambitious, upwardly mobile fathers. 
B) both had legal training. 
C) both were humanists. 
D) they agreed about the relationship the state and the reformed church. 
E) they accepted the concept of predestination. 
A) both had ambitious, upwardly mobile fathers. 
B) both had legal training. 
C) both were humanists. 
D) they agreed about the relationship the state and the reformed church. 
E) they accepted the concept of predestination.

Question 13

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 iconoclast

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Who? An iconoclast is a person who chall

Question 14

When Luther called upon the nobility to act as "both judge and executioner," he was condemning the

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A) lords who did not convert. 
B) radical Protestants who rebelled. 
C) peasants who were in revolt. 
D) clergy who still tried to collect fees for indulgences. 
E) petty lawlessness in German society. 
A) lords who did not convert. 
B) radical Protestants who rebelled. 
C) peasants who were in revolt. 
D) clergy who still tried to collect fees for indulgences. 
E) petty lawlessness in German society.

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why did Luther condemn the German Peasants' Revolt? What were the consequences of that condemnation?

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Luther condemned the German Peasants' Re

Question 16

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 inner light

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The inner light refers to a sense of inn

Question 17

The Jesuits strove for an international movement to revive Christian universalism led by

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A) kings. 
B) bishops. 
C) monks . 
D) the papacy. 
E) all of the above 
A) kings. 
B) bishops. 
C) monks . 
D) the papacy. 
E) all of the above

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why could millenarianism be considered an anti-establishment movement?

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Millenarianism can be considered an anti

Question 19

In Catholic practice at the beginning of the sixteenth century, indulgences referred to

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A) excesses in the enjoyment of earthly pleasures. 
B) decrees releasing rulers from having to pay homage to the pope in person. 
C) cancellations of punishment for sins in return for cash payment. 
D) tolerance of marginally heretical beliefs. 
E) none of the above 
A) excesses in the enjoyment of earthly pleasures. 
B) decrees releasing rulers from having to pay homage to the pope in person. 
C) cancellations of punishment for sins in return for cash payment. 
D) tolerance of marginally heretical beliefs. 
E) none of the above

Question 20

During the Lutheran Reformation, although the population of German was about 16 million, the number who could read was probably no more than

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A) 8 million. 
B) 4 million. 
C) 1.5 million. 
D) 400,000. 
E) 10,000. 
A) 8 million. 
B) 4 million. 
C) 1.5 million. 
D) 400,000. 
E) 10,000.

The Peace of Augsburg temporarily stopped religious violence by

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

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What elements of the Radical Reformation support that label? How radical was the Radical Reformation?

Anabaptists believed in all the following EXCEPT

The Reformation ran counter to the development of modernity by

The new religiosity in the Late Middle Ages included all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Protestants

According to Luther, the gulf between God and humans could only be bridged by

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

Protestantism in Hungary was

The history of Protestantism in France includes all the following EXCEPT

Luther and Calvin were similar in the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? iconoclast

When Luther called upon the nobility to act as "both judge and executioner," he was condemning the

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Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? inner light

The Jesuits strove for an international movement to revive Christian universalism led by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why could millenarianism be considered an anti-establishment movement?

In Catholic practice at the beginning of the sixteenth century, indulgences referred to

During the Lutheran Reformation, although the population of German was about 16 million, the number who could read was probably no more than

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Exam 14: The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

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Anabaptists believed in all the following EXCEPT

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Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Protestants

According to Luther, the gulf between God and humans could only be bridged by

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Protestantism in Hungary was

The history of Protestantism in France includes all the following EXCEPT

Luther and Calvin were similar in the following EXCEPT

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