Question 1

Which of the following best characterizes popular religion on the eve of the Reformation?

Accepted Answer

A) People sought certainty of salvation through a variety of means including the veneration of relics and the purchase of indulgences. 
B) There was a marked decline in popular religious piety in the fifteenth century, as only elites exhibited interest in religion. 
C) Most ordinary people were actively engaged in grassroots efforts to do away with orthodox beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. 
D) Many popular religious movements placed their emphasis not only on Christ but on the teaching of the Old Testament. 
E) Most Europeans rejected organized religion in favor of secular Renaissance humanism. 
A) People sought certainty of salvation through a variety of means including the veneration of relics and the purchase of indulgences. 
B) There was a marked decline in popular religious piety in the fifteenth century, as only elites exhibited interest in religion. 
C) Most ordinary people were actively engaged in grassroots efforts to do away with orthodox beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. 
D) Many popular religious movements placed their emphasis not only on Christ but on the teaching of the Old Testament. 
E) Most Europeans rejected organized religion in favor of secular Renaissance humanism.

Question 2

What development brought about an end to the religious warfare plaguing Germany in the mid-sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Battle of Mühlberg 
B) The Battle of Mohács 
C) The Peace of Augsburg 
D) The Diet of Augsburg 
E) The Peace of Geneva 
A) The Battle of Mühlberg 
B) The Battle of Mohács 
C) The Peace of Augsburg 
D) The Diet of Augsburg 
E) The Peace of Geneva

Question 3

What impact did Reformation doctrines have on the family and popular religious practices?

Accepted Answer

The Reformation doctrines had a signific

Question 4

The northern Christian humanists

Accepted Answer

A) wished to continue the complicated theological arguments of the Middle Ages. 
B) were characterized by their pessimistic view of human nature. 
C) did not believe that education could increase personal piety. 
D) rejected the simple religion of the early Church. 
E) championed the study of classical and early Christian texts to reform the Catholic Church. 
A) wished to continue the complicated theological arguments of the Middle Ages. 
B) were characterized by their pessimistic view of human nature. 
C) did not believe that education could increase personal piety. 
D) rejected the simple religion of the early Church. 
E) championed the study of classical and early Christian texts to reform the Catholic Church.

Question 5

What did the Council of Trent achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It compromised with the Protestants on the doctrine of Justification by Faith. 
B) It agreed with most Protestants that there were only two sacraments. 
C) It reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs against the Reformation. 
D) It asserted the importance of doctrine over ritual. 
E) It placed church councils above the authority of the popes. 
A) It compromised with the Protestants on the doctrine of Justification by Faith. 
B) It agreed with most Protestants that there were only two sacraments. 
C) It reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs against the Reformation. 
D) It asserted the importance of doctrine over ritual. 
E) It placed church councils above the authority of the popes.

Which of the following best characterizes popular religion on the eve of the Reformation?

What development brought about an end to the religious warfare plaguing Germany in the mid-sixteenth century?

What impact did Reformation doctrines have on the family and popular religious practices?

The northern Christian humanists

What did the Council of Trent achieve?

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Exam 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Which of the following best characterizes popular religion on the eve of the Reformation?

What development brought about an end to the religious warfare plaguing Germany in the mid-sixteenth century?

What impact did Reformation doctrines have on the family and popular religious practices?

The northern Christian humanists

What did the Council of Trent achieve?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

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After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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