Lesson 2C.1.1

2C.1.1 Origins of the Reformation, c1500–1531 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 14

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The 20 questions

  1. Which document published by Martin Luther in 1517 sparked the Reformation?

    • Diet of Worms
    • Augsburg Confession
    • Ninety-Five Theses
    • Institutes of Religion

  2. Which pope was reigning when Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517?

    • Clement VII
    • Julius II
    • Alexander VI
    • Leo X

  3. Which pope, notorious for nepotism and corruption, reigned from 1492 to 1503?

    • Alexander VI
    • Sixtus IV
    • Julius II
    • Innocent VIII

  4. Which humanist scholar wrote In Praise of Folly and edited a Greek edition of the New Testament?

    • Erasmus of Rotterdam
    • Thomas More
    • Philip Melanchthon
    • Huldrych Zwingli

  5. Which English humanist was Dean of St Paul's and founded St Paul's School in London?

    • Thomas Cranmer
    • John Fisher
    • John Colet
    • Thomas Wolsey

  6. What status was Martin Luther given by the Edict of Worms in 1521?

    • Papal legate
    • Imperial outlaw
    • Holy Roman Emperor
    • Grand Inquisitor

  7. Which Elector of Saxony protected Martin Luther at Wartburg Castle after 1521?

    • Frederick the Wise
    • Philip of Hesse
    • Charles V
    • John the Steadfast

  8. Which radical reformer, a colleague of Luther in Wittenberg, pushed for iconoclasm and the removal of religious images in 1522?

    • Andreas Karlstadt
    • Johann Tetzel
    • Johann Eck
    • Johann Reuchlin

  9. Which Swiss reformer began preaching reform in Zurich in 1519?

    • Martin Bucer
    • Huldrych Zwingli
    • John Knox
    • Johannes Calvin

  10. Which papal bull of June 1520 threatened Luther with excommunication unless he recanted?

    • Laudabiliter
    • Quo Primum
    • Exsurge Domine
    • Unam Sanctam

  11. How did Martin Luther respond to the German Peasants' War of 1524–1525?

    • Condemned the rebels
    • Remained entirely neutral
    • Supported the peasants
    • Mediated a peace treaty

  12. Which 1530 document, drafted by Philip Melanchthon, outlined Lutheran beliefs to Charles V?

    • Peace of Augsburg
    • Augsburg Confession
    • Ninety-Five Theses
    • Edict of Worms

  13. Which Swiss reformer was killed in battle at Kappel in 1531?

    • Martin Bucer
    • William Farel
    • Huldrych Zwingli
    • John Calvin

  14. What practice regarding indulgences by Johann Tetzel angered Martin Luther in 1517?

    • Closing monasteries
    • Selling salvation
    • Marrying nuns
    • Translating the Bible

  15. Which Holy Roman Emperor faced Luther at the Diet of Worms in 1521?

    • Maximilian I
    • Charles V
    • Frederick III
    • Ferdinand I

  16. Which 1522–1523 revolt, led by Franz von Sickingen, was crushed by German princes?

    • Pilgrimage of Grace
    • German Peasants' War
    • Knights' Revolt
    • Schmalkaldic War

  17. Who collaborated closely with Luther and wrote the Augsburg Confession?

    • Philip Melanchthon
    • Johann Eck
    • Thomas Muntzer
    • Johann Tetzel

  18. What term describes the holding of multiple church offices simultaneously around 1500?

    • Simony
    • Absenteeism
    • Pluralism
    • Nepotism

  19. Which technology was crucial in rapidly spreading Martin Luther's pamphlets across Europe?

    • The printing press
    • The manuscript scriptorium
    • The guild network
    • The postal system

  20. Whom did Martin Luther support during the German Peasants' War of 1524–1525?

    • The papacy
    • The peasants
    • The Anabaptists
    • The princes

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