Question 1

What event elevated the conflict between Huguenots and the French monarchy into an international issue?

Accepted Answer

A) the death of Coligny,the leader of the French resistance 
B) the famous work First Blast of the Trumpet against the Terrible Regiment of Women by John Knox 
C) the elevation of Henry of Navarre to the throne 
D) the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Question 2

What is William of Orange known for?

Accepted Answer

A) He led the movement for the independence of the Netherlands from Spain. 
B) He led the Turks against Spain. 
C) He was the captain of the Spanish Armada. 
D) Along with the Duke of Alba,he suppressed the Protestant revolt.

Question 3

The Huguenots were staunch foes of the French monarchy until ________.

Accepted Answer

A) the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye 
B) the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre 
C) Henry of Navarre came to power 
D) Elizabeth I provided financial and military support for their cause

Question 4

The image The Milch Cow symbolizes which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) the Thirty Years' War 
B) the long-standing animosity between England and Spain 
C) religious conflict in the 1500s 
D) the Netherlands as a political pawn

Question 5

What were Elizabeth I's reasons for ordering the execution of Mary,Queen of Scots? Do you think Elizabeth I had any other options in the matter? Why or why not?

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Question 6

After the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre,____________ was the only protector of Protestants in France and the Netherlands.

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Question 7

Due to its central location,which of the following nations had always been Europe's highway for merchants and traders going north,south,east and west?

Accepted Answer

A) Switzerland 
B) Germany 
C) Austria 
D) France

Question 8

How did Elizabeth I treat her cousin Mary,Queen of Scots?

Accepted Answer

A) She treated her with great respect and looked to her for advice. 
B) Mary,Queen of Scots was a trusted advisor of Elizabeth. 
C) Elizabeth kept Mary under house arrest for nineteen years and then had her executed for treason. 
D) Elizabeth largely ignored Mary until she was far advanced in age,when Elizabeth granted her a castle in northern EnglanD.

Question 9

How was the Peace of Augsburg like the Treaty of Westphalia?

Accepted Answer

A) Both agreements restricted the rights of Protestants throughout Europe. 
B) Both agreements denied the authority of the Holy Roman Emperor. 
C) Both agreements established the right of Protestants to fortify their own towns. 
D) Both agreements established that the ruler of a land may determine the official religion of that lanD.

Question 10

What did the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye have in common with the January Edict?

Accepted Answer

A) Both restricted the liberties of Catholics in the French territories. 
B) Both were issued by a convening of German lords to define religious toleration in their lands. 
C) Both were issued by the French crown in an effort to grant religious freedoms to Protestants. 
D) Both were issued by Spain in an effort to direct the Protestant restrictions in the Netherlands.

Question 11

What was the reaction from Europe when the Turks invaded Austria?

Accepted Answer

A) The Spanish under Philip II allied with Venice,Genoa,and the Pope to defend Europe against the Turks. 
B) Europeans largely ignored the invasion and allowed Austria to be taken over. 
C) The Greeks stepped up to defend Austria and defeat the Turks. 
D) The Huguenots came to the aid of Austria in hopes of gaining momentum for their resistance movement.

Question 12

Refer to the piece "Going to the Theater." What were the basic elements and purpose of the medieval stage,and what was carried over from it to the Elizabethan theater? How did these new theaters change the social habits of their guests?

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Question 13

What did Mary I of England,Philip II of Spain,and Oliver Cromwell all have in common?

Accepted Answer

A) They were all Protestants. 
B) They were all considered politiques. 
C) They all sacrificed their political goals by refusing to compromise on religion. 
D) They gained their religious goals and successfully restricted religious worship in their own lands.

Question 14

The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ended the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Habsburg-Valois wars 
B) Thirty Years' War 
C) conflict between Spain and the Netherlands 
D) Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Question 15

Who did John Knox target in his work First Blast of the Trumpet against the Terrible Regiment of Women?

Accepted Answer

A) Mary I of England 
B) Elizabeth I of England 
C) Catherine de Médicis 
D) Mary Stewart

Question 16

The most successful politique was ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Oliver Cromwell 
B) Philip II of Spain 
C) Elizabeth I of England 
D) Mary I of England

Question 17

Many French aristocrats found ______________ religious convictions useful to their political goals.

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Question 18

Catherine de Médicis convinced the king to execute the Protestant leaders in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre because she claimed that _______.

Accepted Answer

A) the Guise family had plotted to kill him and take the throne for themselves 
B) a Protestant coup was afoot,and that he must save the crown from an attack on Paris 
C) she had been plotting an assassination of Coligny 
D) the Huguenots had already massacred thousands of peasants

Question 19

By 1622,_____________ had not only subdued and re-Catholicized Bohemia,but conquered the Palatinate as well.

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Question 20

The Thirty Years' War began as a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) peasant uprising in Germany 
B) trade war between Bohemia and Saxony 
C) revolt of Bohemian Protestant nobility against an unpopular king 
D) border dispute between Bavaria and Austria

Exam 12: The Age of Religious Wars