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True/False Quiz



1

The Turks posed a major threat to the Holy Roman Empire throughout the sixteenth century. _____
A)True
B)False
2

Funding the new armies bankrupted several European powers. _____
A)True
B)False
3

The new warfare decreased the number of sword injuries, but amputations increased. _____
A)True
B)False
4

When Charles V lost the Habsburg-Valois Wars, his empire was split between the victors, Ferdinand I and Philip II. _____
A)True
B)False
5

Thomas à Kempis argued that there was no salvation outside the church. _____
A)True
B)False
6

Erasmus’ greatest contribution to the western intellectual tradition was his criticism of church corruption. _____
A)True
B)False
7

Luther attacked the church for the sale of indulgences. _____
A)True
B)False
8

Protestants believed that church leaders could grant their followers salvation. _____
A)True
B)False
9

Luther supported the peasants’ war in Germany and the idea of social revolution. _____
A)True
B)False
10

Zwingli disagreed with Luther on the issue of the Eucharist. _____
A)True
B)False
11

The Melchiorites posed a threat to both Catholics and Protestants and were massacred. _____
A)True
B)False
12

Predestination was the belief that people could attain salvation through their "good works" on earth. _____
A)True
B)False
13

The regents who ruled England during young Edward VI’s reign attempted to reinstate Catholicism. _____
A)True
B)False
14

The Council of Trent affirmed the importance of community, the Virgin Mary, the existence of purgatory, and the power of prayer. _____
A)True
B)False
15

The Society of Jesus was declared heretical by the papacy and persecuted by the Inquisition. _____
A)True
B)False
16

Philip’s defeat at the Battle of Lepanto led to greater persecutions of Muslims by the Spanish Inquisition. _____
A)True
B)False
17

The Guise family led the Huguenots and the Bourbons guided the struggles of the Catholics. _____
A)True
B)False
18

The Spanish Armada was devastated by English ships and a "Protestant wind." _____
A)True
B)False
19

Wallenstein came to the aid of the Protestant cause in Bohemia. _____
A)True
B)False
20

The negotiators of the Peace of Westphalia excluded Calvinism from the tolerated faiths. _____
A)True
B)False
21

As the bible was translated into vernacular languages, literacy became more important and many schools were established. _____
A)True
B)False
22

Catholics and Protestants alike persecuted witches, who were predominantly male. _____
A)True
B)False
23

Erasmus believed that Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible (the Vulgate) was the preferred source for Biblical scholarship. _____
A)True
B)False
24

Kings did not have the right to draft their subjects. _____
A)True
B)False
25

Soldiers expected to be regularly paid for their military services. _____
A)True
B)False
26

Revolutionary German peasants wrote the "Ninety-Five Theses" in which they called for a reordering of the social hierarchy. _____
A)True
B)False





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