Massive MegaQuiz

  1. On the first line, type a question. It can be quite long, but must end with a carriage return, and no carriage returns before the end of the question!

    1. The next line should be the first multiple choice answer.
    2. The second line should be another multiple-choice answer, and so on.
    3. The correct answer should start with an asterisk.

  2. This Evangelical Rationalist emphasized the use of reason in addition to Scripture. This led to his rejection of the Trinity and his execution as a heretic in Geneva.

    1. Michael Sattler
    2. Thomas M¸ntzer
    3. Jan of Leiden
    4. Michael Servetus

  3. This radical reformer was a leader in the Peasants' War and was captured during a peasant uprising near Frankenhausen and beheaded outside the walls of M¸lhausen on May 27, 1525.

    1. Michael Sattler
    2. Jan of Leiden
    3. Andreas von Bodenstein Karlstadt
    4. Thomas M¸ntzer

  4. Italian poet and noble who corresponded with cardinals and popes and counted Michelangelo as one of her closest spiritual friends. That her theology may have been closer to an evangelical faith than Catholic has been a matter of debate.

    1. Anna Bijns
    2. Teresa of Avila
    3. Vittoria Colonna
    4. Paola Antonia Negri

  5. English Catholic statesman who became Lord Chancellor in 1529. He resigned this post the day following Parliament's ruling that clergy sign an oath of obedience to Henry VIII. He was tried for treason and executed on July 6, 1535.

    1. Thomas Cromwell
    2. Thomas More
    3. Thomas Cranmer
    4. Thomas Wolsey

  6. This Italian cardinal and church historian published Annales Ecclesiastici, a history of the church, to combat the Magdeburg Centuries which was a protestant interpretation of history. In this twelve volume work, he defended the supremacy of the papacy. His work was so popular that he received many honors from popes and he was almost elected pope after the deaths of Clement VIII and Leo XI.

    1. Cesare Baronius
    2. Robert Bellarmine
    3. Gasparo Contarini
    4. Konrad Wimpina

  7. This Dominican reformer in the city of Florence preached against the immorality and extravagance of the citizens and leaders of Florence, the clergy, and even Pope Alexander VI. He was hanged on May 25, 1496 and his body was burned.

    1. Jan Hus
    2. Girolamo Savonarola
    3. John Wycliffe
    4. Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros

  8. This Strasbourg reformer sought to unite the Lutherans and the Zwinglians. He was forced to leave Strasbourg due to the threat of being overcome by Catholics. He fled to Cambridge where he made an impact on the theology of the Anglican Church.

    1. Johannes Brenz
    2. Theodore Beza
    3. Martin Bucer
    4. Heinrich Bullinger

  9. This Jesuit theologian became a cardinal in 1599 and was one of the most influential Catholic leaders of his time. He served as chair of controversial theology from 1576 to 1588.

    1. Robert Bellarmine
    2. Johann Eck
    3. Cesare Baronius
    4. Gasparo Contarini

  10. This German humanist and theologian was a close associate of Luther and authored the Augsburg Confession in 1530.

    1. Martin Bucer
    2. Theodore Beza
    3. Johannes Brenz
    4. Philipp Melanchthon

  11. This reformer in the city of Bern was heavily influenced by Ulrich Zwingli. He participated in the Baden Disputation and wrote The Berner Synodus, a church order for Bern, with Wolgang Capito in 1532.

    1. Heinrich Bullinger
    2. Martin Bucer
    3. Berchtold Haller
    4. Peter Martyr Vermigli

  12. This Italian reformer who was invited to teach at Oxford University during the reign of Edward VI.

    1. Joachim Vadian
    2. Peter Martyr Vermigli
    3. John Calvin
    4. Andreas Osiander

  13. Protestant martyr under Henry VIII. She was convicted of heresy for her denial of transubstantiation. She was burned alive on July 16, 1546.

    1. Katherine Parr
    2. Mary I
    3. Jane Grey
    4. Anne Askew

  14. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. During her reign as Queen of England from 1553 to 1558 she attempted to return England to Catholicism.

    1. Elizabeth I
    2. Mary I
    3. Jane Grey
    4. Emilia III

  15. This Act was passed by Parliament in June of 1539. It remained Henry's policy toward reforms until his death and was referred to as "the bloody whip with six strings" by many protestants.

    1. The Buggery Act
    2. The Act of Supremacy
    3. The Act of Grace
    4. The Act of the Six Articles