The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 11: "Alone Before God"

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The most significant improvement in military technology since the fourteenth century was
A)the use of conscripts.
B)mounted cavalry.
C)long lines of infantrymen and foot soldiers.
D)guns that fired with greater range and accuracy.
2
The Habsburg-Valois Wars devastated the
A)the Low Countries.
B)Austria.
C)southern France.
D)the Italian city-states.
3
When Erasmus went to study in England, he struck up a friendship with
A)Shakespeare.
B)Henry VIII.
C)Thomas More.
D)Thomas Cranmer.
4
Luther believed that people's souls were saved by
A)penance.
B)indulgences.
C)good works.
D)faith.
5
Luther's Ninety-five Theses were rapidly circulated throughout Europe in part because
A)they called for a social revolution.
B)of the printing press.
C)of widespread literacy and education programs sponsored by Catholics.
D)they provided justifications for doing penance.
6
The idea of a priesthood of all believers meant that
A)people needed an ordained priest to perform the sacraments.
B)praying to many saints increased one's chances of salvation.
C)people were responsible for their own salvation.
D)people needed to pray communally to attain salvation.
7
Most Protestant reformers accepted only the sacraments of
A)baptism and the Eucharist.
B)marriage and baptism.
C)transubstantiation and the Eucharist.
D)the last rites and marriage.
8
The Peace of Augsburg
A)resolved the peasants' war.
B)declared Protestantism to be the official religion.
C)reestablished Catholicism as the only religion.
D)allowed princes to determine the religion of their principalities.
9
Zwingli, who was instrumental in turning Switzerland Protestant, had been influenced by
A)Philip of Hesse.
B)the Peace of Augsburg.
C)Thomas More.
D)Erasmus.
10
Calvin fled to the more tolerant city of Geneva because
A)he was a pacifist and did not want to be recruited in the wars between cantons.
B)Francis I began to persecute Protestants.
C)of the threat of war between Swiss cantons.
D)of the persecution of Protestants when Mary took the throne.
11
Which of the following was a contributing factor to the spread of Calvinist ideas?
A)poverty
B)warfare
C)the Peace of Augsburg
D)missionaries
12
Henry VIII got his annulment by
A)converting to Calvinism.
B)imprisoning Pope Clement VII.
C)cutting off the pope's authority with an act of Parliament.
D)electing Thomas Cranmer pope of the Anglican Church.
13
Elizabeth I confronted the dilemma of religious diversity
A)with a policy of bloody repression.
B)by creating a separate church.
C)by issuing The Book of Common Prayer.
D)with a policy of religious tolerance.
14
The Complutensian Polyglot Bible published by the new university at Alcalá de Henares
A)featured Spanish and Latin translations.
B)was called the Vulgate.
C)was Erasmus's greatest contribution to western culture.
D)compared Hebrew, Greek, and Latin versions of the text.
15
In what way did the Jesuits combine Catholicism and humanism?
A)their spiritual discipline
B)by serving as missionaries
C)their emphasis on education
D)their disobedience of the pope
16
The churchmen attending the Council of Trent sought authority in
A)the scriptures and tradition.
B)the papacy.
C)faith.
D)the sacraments.
17
What did Philip perceive to be the two greatest threats to his rule and faith?
A)the leagues of Italian city-states
B)Jews and Muslims in Spain
C)religious diversity
D)Protestants and Muslims
18
Philip sent his Armada to England when
A)Elizabeth refused to marry him.
B)Mary refused to marry him.
C)Elizabeth refused to convert to Catholicism.
D)Elizabeth refused to help him put down the revolt in the Netherlands.
19
Religious conflict and the issue of ________ provoked the Thirty Years' War.
A)the emperor's authority over German princes
B)Bohemian independence
C)the number of Protestant electors
D)the number of Catholic electors
20
The principle of ________ shaped the negotiation of the Peace of Westphalia.
A)religious tolerance
B)religious diversity
C)balance of power
D)religious choice
21
The Peace of Augsburg (1555) established a formal resolution to the political and religious conflicts started by Martin Luther's attacks against the church. By this treaty,
A)each German prince would define his principality as either Lutheran or Catholic.
B)the Holy Roman Empire was officially declared Catholic.
C)the Habsburg dynasty and the Holy Roman Empire were dissolved.
D)Lutheranism replaced Catholicism as the sole protected form of religious expression in the German principalities.
22
From 1545 to 1563, Catholic Church leaders intermittently held conferences collectively called the Council of Trent. In the end, this historic body, reacting to the success of Protestantism, declared
A)that clerical corruption and ignorance were unacceptable.
B)that prayers to the saints and the Virgin Mary could not help a Catholic go to heaven.
C)that Purgatory did not exist.
D)that faith, alone, could enable a Catholic to go to heaven.
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