Question 1

Why was the missionary work by Jesuits working in Asia considered a mixed success?

Accepted Answer

The first missionary work in Asia was an

Question 2

According to Calvin's theory of double predestination,what would happen to an individual?

Accepted Answer

A)  One could be saved through repentance and a second baptism as an adult. 
B)  Good works were a critical measure of salvation. 
C)  One was saved or damned by God before birth. 
D)  All who embraced Calvinism would be saved. 
E)  One was either saved or damned, and there was no such thing as Purgatory. 
A)  One could be saved through repentance and a second baptism as an adult. 
B)  Good works were a critical measure of salvation. 
C)  One was saved or damned by God before birth. 
D)  All who embraced Calvinism would be saved. 
E)  One was either saved or damned, and there was no such thing as Purgatory.

Question 3

What did John Calvin write that provided the fundamentals of Calvinism?

Accepted Answer

A)  In Defense of the Catholic Church. 
B)  In Praise of Folly. 
C)  "Letter to the German Nobility". 
D)  Spiritual Exercises. 
E)  Institutes of the Christian Religion. 
A)  In Defense of the Catholic Church. 
B)  In Praise of Folly. 
C)  "Letter to the German Nobility". 
D)  Spiritual Exercises. 
E)  Institutes of the Christian Religion.

Question 4

What aspect of Protestantism led to an increase in literacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egalitarianism said there was no difference between the rich and the poor. 
B)  Luther's belief in the priesthood of all believers encouraged reading the Bible. 
C)  Catholicism's ban on education for females. 
D)  Greater trade between formerly adversarial regions after the Peace of Augsberg. 
E)  Uprooting the traditional hierarchy that said the lower classes should know their place. 
A)  Egalitarianism said there was no difference between the rich and the poor. 
B)  Luther's belief in the priesthood of all believers encouraged reading the Bible. 
C)  Catholicism's ban on education for females. 
D)  Greater trade between formerly adversarial regions after the Peace of Augsberg. 
E)  Uprooting the traditional hierarchy that said the lower classes should know their place.

Question 5

Between 1531─1556,Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was involved in religious and secular wars with all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  German Protestants 
C)  Spain 
D)  England. 
E)  The Ottoman Empire 
A)  France 
B)  German Protestants 
C)  Spain 
D)  England. 
E)  The Ottoman Empire

Question 6

The three major areas targeted for social reform in the sixteenth century by Protestants and Catholics were

Accepted Answer

A)  children's education, catechism, and urban poverty. 
B)  poverty, sexual vice, and alcoholism. 
C)  labor exploitation, high taxes, and education. 
D)  education, poverty, and family life. 
E)  women's rights, religious hierarchy, and vice. 
A)  children's education, catechism, and urban poverty. 
B)  poverty, sexual vice, and alcoholism. 
C)  labor exploitation, high taxes, and education. 
D)  education, poverty, and family life. 
E)  women's rights, religious hierarchy, and vice.

Question 7

Most Calvinists in France were from which of the following backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

A)  poor peasants. 
B)  wealthy tradesmen. 
C)  urban middle class. 
D)  nobility. 
E)  underground Lutherans. 
A)  poor peasants. 
B)  wealthy tradesmen. 
C)  urban middle class. 
D)  nobility. 
E)  underground Lutherans.

Question 8

After the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the fifteenth century,

Accepted Answer

A)  there was a Diaspora to eastern Europe. 
B)  many emigrated to England. 
C)  Switzerland offered haven regardless of religious persuasion. 
D)  there were almost no Jews in western Europe. 
E)  many Jews practiced their religion secretly in France. 
A)  there was a Diaspora to eastern Europe. 
B)  many emigrated to England. 
C)  Switzerland offered haven regardless of religious persuasion. 
D)  there were almost no Jews in western Europe. 
E)  many Jews practiced their religion secretly in France.

Question 9

The premise of Martin Luther's argument for salvation was that

Accepted Answer

A)  an individual needed a priest to achieve salvation. 
B)  justification depended on sacraments. 
C)  free will could not be determined by humans. 
D)  grace was a gift to be found by faith. 
E)  clergy members were unworthy to be in charge of people's salvation. 
A)  an individual needed a priest to achieve salvation. 
B)  justification depended on sacraments. 
C)  free will could not be determined by humans. 
D)  grace was a gift to be found by faith. 
E)  clergy members were unworthy to be in charge of people's salvation.

Question 10

Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises was designated at the Council of Trent as a means for former heretics to regain their standing in the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Under terms of the Peace of Augsburg,what was accomplished?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles V accepted defeat from France, 
B)  Regional leaders could choose whether to be Lutheran or Catholic. 
C)  A marriage alliance was healed with conflict between France and the Holy Roman Empire. 
D)  The eastern part of the Holy Roman Empire was ceded to the Ottomans. 
E)  The Habsburg dynasty was removed from power in the Holy Roman Empire. 
A)  Charles V accepted defeat from France, 
B)  Regional leaders could choose whether to be Lutheran or Catholic. 
C)  A marriage alliance was healed with conflict between France and the Holy Roman Empire. 
D)  The eastern part of the Holy Roman Empire was ceded to the Ottomans. 
E)  The Habsburg dynasty was removed from power in the Holy Roman Empire.

Question 12

The Council of Trent met for a series of sessions to reaffirm the Catholic Church's position and counter the points of Protestantism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Reform in the Western Church,1490-1570

Why was the missionary work by Jesuits working in Asia considered a mixed success?

According to Calvin's theory of double predestination,what would happen to an individual?

What did John Calvin write that provided the fundamentals of Calvinism?

What aspect of Protestantism led to an increase in literacy?

Between 1531─1556,Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was involved in religious and secular wars with all of the following except

The three major areas targeted for social reform in the sixteenth century by Protestants and Catholics were

Most Calvinists in France were from which of the following backgrounds?

After the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the fifteenth century,

The premise of Martin Luther's argument for salvation was that

Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises was designated at the Council of Trent as a means for former heretics to regain their standing in the Catholic Church.

Under terms of the Peace of Augsburg,what was accomplished?

The Council of Trent met for a series of sessions to reaffirm the Catholic Church's position and counter the points of Protestantism.

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