Deck 1: The Age of Religious Reform, 1490-1648

Question 1

Justification by faith meant that

A) salvation was earned by faith
B) salvation was earned by good works
C) salvation was impossible to earn
D) salvation did not exist

Answer 1

salvation was earned by faith

Question 2

Luther objected to indulgences because

A) they funded Church projects
B) they didn't take salvation seriously
C) they sent sinners to heaven
D) he hated capitalism

Answer 2

they didn't take salvation seriously

Question 3

Luther produced, on average, ____ books per month.

A) four
B) seven
C) one
D) two

Answer 3

two

Question 4

John Wyclif, leader of the Lollards focused on

A) ending the use of indulgences
B) expanding the role of the clergy
C) publishing the Bible in English
D) preaching atheism

Question 5

The Hussites were influenced by the ideas of

A) Jan Hus
B) John Wyclif
C) Martin Luther
D) Erasmus

Question 6

Which two forms of Christianity were allowed by the Peace of Augsburg?

A) Lutheranism and Catholicism
B) Catholicism and Calvinism
C) Catholicism and Judaism
D) Lutheranism and Calvinism

Question 7

The Edict of Nantes established what principle in France?

A) atheism
B) freedom of speech
C) Protestantism
D) religious toleration

Question 8

Which monarch truly established English Protestant identity?

A) Henry VIII
B) Mary I
C) Elizabeth I
D) Edward VI

Question 9

The Council of Trent was convened for the purpose of

A) compromising with Protestantism
B) outlawing Protestantism
C) establishing the Protestant faith
D) limiting Catholic expansion

Question 10

Which of the following was not one of the aims of the Jesuit order?

A) to dethrone the Pope
B) to work against Protestantism
C) to educate Catholics
D) to do missionary work

Question 11

The Thirty Years' War began with the

A) Bohemian uprising
B) Council of Trent
C) defenestration of Prague
D) Battle of White Mountain

Question 12

The Treaty of Westphalia aimed to create

A) a Catholic Europe
B) Papal dominance
C) religious toleration
D) a balance of power

Question 13

Women were the primary victims of witch hunting because communities feared

A) their uncontrolled sexuality
B) their occult powers
C) their religious authority
D) their role in the family

Question 14

Protestantism encouraged the development of the patriarchal family because it

A) exalted the importance of marriage
B) exalted the role of mothers
C) limited the importance of men
D) limited the importance of religion

Question 15

Protestant artists

A) focused on religious imagery
B) focused on painting icons
C) focused on secular subjects
D) outlawed visual arts