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

Chapter 11: "Alone Before God"

True or False Quiz

1
The Ottoman Turks posed a major threat to the Holy Roman Empire throughout the sixteenth century.
A)True
B)False
2
Funding their new armies bankrupted several European powers.
A)True
B)False
3
The new warfare decreased the number of sword injuries that physicians tended to but increased the number of limbs they had to amputate.
A)True
B)False
4
When Charles V lost the Habsburg-Valois Wars, his empire was split between the victors, Ferdinand I and Philip II.
A)True
B)False
5
Thomas à Kempis argued that there was no way for individuals to seek God directly, without the intercession of the church.
A)True
B)False
6
Erasmus’ greatest contribution to the western intellectual tradition was his rejection of Christian theology.
A)True
B)False
7
Martin Luther attacked the church for the sale of indulgences.
A)True
B)False
8
Protestants believed that church leaders could grant their followers salvation.
A)True
B)False
9
Luther supported the peasants' war in Germany and the idea of social revolution.
A)True
B)False
10
Zwingli disagreed with Luther on the issue of the Eucharist.
A)True
B)False
11
The Melchiorites posed a threat to both Catholics and Protestants and were massacred.
A)True
B)False
12
Predestination was the belief that people could attain salvation through their "good works" on earth.
A)True
B)False
13
The regents who ruled England during young Edward VI's reign attempted to reinstate Catholicism.
A)True
B)False
14
The Council of Trent affirmed the importance of community, the Virgin Mary, the existence of purgatory, and the power of prayer.
A)True
B)False
15
The Society of Jesus was declared heretical by the papacy and persecuted by the Inquisition.
A)True
B)False
16
In the French civil wars of religion, the Guise family led the Huguenots, and the Bourbons guided the Catholics.
A)True
B)False
17
The Spanish Armada was devastated by English ships and a "Protestant wind."
A)True
B)False
18
Albrecht von Wallenstein came to the aid of the Protestant cause in Bohemia.
A)True
B)False
19
The negotiators of the Peace of Westphalia excluded Calvinism from the tolerated faiths.
A)True
B)False
20
As the Bible was translated into vernacular languages, literacy became more important and many schools were established.
A)True
B)False
21
Catholics and Protestants alike persecuted witches.
A)True
B)False
22
Erasmus believed that Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible (the Vulgate) was the best source for Biblical scholarship.
A)True
B)False
23
Kings did not traditionally have the right to draft their subjects.
A)True
B)False
24
Revolutionary German peasants wrote the "Ninety-Five Theses" in which they called for a reordering of the social hierarchy.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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