The Brethren of Common Life represent:
an example of pre-Reformation popular piety.
CORRECT!
the extent of Protestant conversions in Italy.
the intense religious scholarship in Swiss monasteries.
a typical response of the papacy to the Reformation.
the power and appeal of John Calvin’s message.
John Wycliffe and John Huss both appealed to the superiority of:
the Bible.
CORRECT!
the kings.
the Church of Councils.
the Catholic clergy.
devotion to the saints and their relics.
Calvin insisted upon strict observance of moral laws because:
moral behavior was an outward sign that the person was probably of the elect.
CORRECT!
he saw no connection between moral law and salvation.
it was easier to govern people who accepted a moral law.
he believed that government could be dispensed with if moral laws were closely obeyed.
none of these choices are correct.
Many German peasants were attracted to Luther’s indeas chiefly because they:
believed he supported their freedom from serfdom.
CORRECT!
thought that his principles would get them into heaven directly, without having to pass through purgatory.
believed he justified their refusal to pay tithes to the Roman Catholic Church.
hated the Church’s practice of granting indulgences.
felt that he would side with them in their struggle against the nobility.
Martin Luther believed that women should:
rule the household.
CORRECT!!
manage the household economy.
be allowed to enter the priesthood.
pursue careers outside the home.
be equal in all things.
Calvinist laws prohibited:
dancing and gambling.
CORRECT!!
investments and profits.
the mixing of church and state.
capital punishment.
education for women.
A result of the Protestant Reformation of the 16c was the:
establishment of state churches in England, Scotland, and northern Germany.
CORRECT!!
separation of Church and State in France.
development of a uniform set of Protestant beliefs.
collapse of the temporal and spiritual power of the Pope.
all of these choices are correct.
Calvinism was a theocratic religion because:
it permitted only members of its Church to hold political office.
CORRECT!!
it allowed complete freedom of worship.
it believed in predestination.
it recognized that the seven sacraments were all valid ways to achieve salvation.
it believed in simple worship, a sermon, prayers, and hymns.
The official creed of Luteranism was summed up in:
the Augsburg Confession.
CORRECT!!
The Freedom of a Christian Man.
Address to the Nobility of the German Nation.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church.
A Handbook for the Christian Knight.
The popular lay movements that most directly assailed the late medieval Church were the:
Lollards and Hussites.
CORRECT!!
Albigensians and Beghards.
Cathars and Donatists.
Donatists and Arians.
Waldensians and Beguines.
The principal reason for the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church was the:
desire to complete the building of the new St. Peter’s in Rome.
CORRECT!!
wish of the Church to engage in greater missionary activity.
need for another Crusade.
desire to establish more universities to train better clergy.
all of these choices are correct.
The Protestant Reformation:
encouraged the movement for popular education.
CORRECT!!
weakened civil authority.
prevented the growth of religious tolerance.
prevented Catholicism from spreading outside Europe.
weakened the authority of national states.
[Quiz originally from here]