HIEU 201 CHAPTER 14 QUIZ

With respect to religiosity and women a. Protestantism offered women a way to express religious independence, but mysticism did not. b. both mysticism and Protestantism allowed women a way to express independence in religious matters. c. mysticism offered women a way to express religious independence, but Protestantism did not. d. women were prohibited from expressing religious independence in both mysticism and Protestantism. Luther's propositions for reform of Christianity include the idea that a. each individual required the help of an expert to read the Bible. b. there should be a universal church, just not one headed by the pope. c. there should be a clear division between the clergy and the laity. d. there was no difference between the clergy and the laity in matters of faith. The German peasants' revolt of 1524–1526 a. was attacked by Luther, who encouraged the nobility to crush the revolt mercilessly. b. was a popular movement protesting the ideas of Luther. c. was a minor movement confined to Saxony that involved several thousand peasants. d. succeeded in earning the peasantry economic and religious advantages they did not possess before Luther's break with the church. In Geneva, Calvin established a form of government that is best described as a. a democracy: a society in which citizens determined the laws and religion of the city. b. an oligarchy: a society ruled by a group of wealthy merchants. c. a theocracy: a society in which the lives of citizens were regulated by Calvinist elders. d. a monarchy: a society ruled by Calvin and his descendants. Catherine de' Medici a. was the first wife of Henry VIII of England. b. was the power behind the French throne for much of the late sixteenth century. c. was a champion of reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants. d. converted to Protestantism in order to prevent civil war in France. The policies of the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation include all of the following EXCEPT a. enlightened education. b. a new emphasis on eradicating all sins, no matter how small. c. censorship.