Western Civ Module 14 Pretest
According to the text, the Calvinist doctrine of predestination led to
a confidence among Calvinists in their own salvation.
Martin Luther wrote his letter entitled "NinetyTheses" to Archbishop Albert in response to
a new campaign to sell indulgences.
Anabaptists generally favored all of the following except
abolition of baptism.
The 1477 marriage of Maximilian I of the house of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy was important because it
brought Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands under Habsburg control.
According to Luther, salvation
comes from God's free gift of grace.
According to Luther, religious authority
comes from the Biblecomes from the Bible
The Protestant Reformation in Germany
contributed to its continued fragmentation.
The Reformation in England was primarily the result of
dynastic and romantic concerns of Henry VIII.
The veillèe brought villagers together and
exposed them to the ideas of religious reformers and criticisms of the church
Which of the following explains the rapid spread of Calvinism and the militancy of its adherents?
all of the above
Zwingli departed from Luther's ideas in which of the following ways?
all of the above
The decision to burn Michael Servetus at the stake reflected
Calvin's harsh view of religious dissent.
The Habsburg Charles V controlled all of the following areas in Europe except
Denmark
In the wars that accompanied the Protestant Reformation in Germany, the German Lutheran princes were supported by
France.
Which of the following is not true of the German Peasant Revolt of 1524?
German princes turned to the Holy Roman Emperor for help in suppressing the uprising
Predestination, a central doctrine of John Calvin's theology, means that
God has preordained the salvation or damnation of every human soul
Luther's ideas about Roman exploitation of Germany
Scotland.
Teresa of Avila organized new convents in Spain
after voices and visions chastised her for frivolity
Desiderius Erasmus
all of the above
Many German princes found Lutheranism attractive because
all of the above
The most important action of the Council of Trent was to
a and d
Which of the following was part of Luther's mature theology?
a and d
The Index was
a catalog of forbidden reading.
Conflict between Catholic and Protestant princes in the Holy Roman Empire was finally resolved by
a compromise that allowed each prince to determine the religion of his own territory
Pope Paul III attempted to reform the Roman Catholic Church by
appointing accomplished and dedicated cardinals to the College
Protestant historians tend to view the Reformation?
as a revolutionary break with the past.
The Anabaptists believed that
baptism should be administered to mature adults
As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the people of Germany
became either Lutheran or Catholic depending on the preference of their prince.
France supported the Protestant princes of Germany in order to
keep Germany politically fragmented.
Radical religious reformers in the sixteenth century were
likely to favor the abolition of private property and monogamy
Martin Luther's father was a
miner.
In his Ninety-Five Theses, Luther criticized the selling of indulgences for all of the following reasons except that it
failed to release any souls from purgatory.
The Twelve Articles were
grievances of the Swabian peasants.
In his youth, Luther was preoccupied with
his own sinfulness and how individuals attain God's grace
According to the text, the most fundamental question facing all Christians concerns
how an individual can gain salvation
Which of the following was not a cause of popular dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Church in the early fifteenth century?
increasing austerity and the use of the vernacular within the church
The Catholic Reformation sought to
initiate institutional reform.
Which statement is not true of the Jesuit order?
its followers abandoned rational discourse in order to convert through emotional appeals
The actions of the Council of Trent included all of the following except
modifying the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Which of the following was not true of women in the sixteenth-century Roman Catholic Church?
mystics like St. Teresa were immediately welcomed by the church because of the power of their visions
The dissolution of the English monasteries
resulted from Henry VIII's desire to confiscate their wealth.
The efforts of the Catholic Reformation and the Counterreformations were generally
successful in halting the spread of Protestantism.
Martin Luther's first response to the demands made by the Swabian peasants of their lords was
sympathy for the peasants.
Luther and Zwingli disagreed on which of the following issues?
the Eucharist.
Thomas More's Utopia proposed
the abolishment of private property
Recent research on the English church before Henry VIII's break with Rome indicates that
the church was in a very healthy condition.
In the early sixteenth century, critics of the Church attacked all of the following except
the divinity of Jesus Christ.
Ulrich Zwingli attacked all of the following except
the doctrine of the Trinity.
The Anglican Church was founded when
the pope refused to grant the English king a divorce
In his ninety-five theses, Luther attacked
the sale of indulgences
According to Calvin, the elect were
those individuals chosen for salvation.
The Jesuits played a crucial role in the Counter Reformation
through education and missionary work
The overriding goal of the Catholic religious orders established in the sixteenth century was
to uplift the spiritual condition of both clergy and laity.
In religious affairs, Elizabeth I of England followed a policy that
was a middle course between Catholic and Protestant extremes.
Humanism in northern Europe
was critical of the Catholic Church
Calvin's reform movement
was thoroughly integrated into the civil government of Geneva
The parliamentary acts that removed the English church from papal jurisdiction
were probably misunderstood by most members of Parliament.
