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Early Modern Europe | 10 Question History Multiple Choice Quiz

A time of discovery, invention and education. Also a time of beheadings and wars.

A multiple-choice quiz by spyro. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
spyro

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
35,617

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2176

Last 3 plays: Guest 142 (8/10), Guest 130 (8/10), Guest 90 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name given to the breakaway of certain groups from the Roman Catholic Church, originally instigated by Martin Luther? Hint

Humanism

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The Enlightenment

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who became Chief Minister to King Louis XIII of France on 13th August 1624? Hint

Michel de Marillac

Marie de Medici

Albrecht Eusebius von Wallenstein

Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the Monarch of England when they became involved in the Thirty Years War? Hint

Henry II

Mary, Queen of Scots

James II

James I

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Question 4 of 10

4. What name was given to the body set up to review and reform the Roman Catholic Church, which sat between 1545 and 1563? Hint

Council of Lyon

Council of Derby

Council of Trent

Council of Paris

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who became Pope in 1513? Hint

Julius III

Pius III

Leo X

Clement VII

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first Tudor King of England? Hint

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Richard III

Henry VII

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name given to those scholars that studied and taught grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and moral philosophy in the 16th century? Hint

Philosophers

Fundamentalists

Humanists

Reformists

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was executed in 1535 for failing to take the Oath of Supremacy? Hint

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wentworth

Thomas More

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who led the Spanish expedition which was the first successful circumnavigation of the world? Hint

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Walter Raleigh

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who did Henry VIII marry in 1536? Hint

Anne of Cleves

Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr

Anne Boleyn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name given to the breakaway of certain groups from the Roman Catholic Church, originally instigated by Martin Luther?

Answer: The Reformation

This would not have become such a major movement without the then relatively recent invention of the printing press.

2. Who became Chief Minister to King Louis XIII of France on 13th August 1624?

Answer: Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

Richelieu was responsible for building France into an absolutist state whilst he was Chief Minister.

3. Who was the Monarch of England when they became involved in the Thirty Years War?

Answer: James I

James I of England was son of Mary, Queen of Scots and had pro-Spanish sympathies even after the start of the Thirty Years War.

4. What name was given to the body set up to review and reform the Roman Catholic Church, which sat between 1545 and 1563?

Answer: Council of Trent

This council laid down clear doctrine and strict uniformity for the religious and moral life of Roman Catholics throughout the world.

5. Who became Pope in 1513?

Answer: Leo X

Leo X was Pope for 8 years and promoted the Renaissance in Rome as one of the Medici family.

6. Who was the first Tudor King of England?

Answer: Henry VII

Henry VII reigned from 1485 to 1509 and was the father of the infamous Henry VIII!

7. What was the name given to those scholars that studied and taught grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and moral philosophy in the 16th century?

Answer: Humanists

Humanists believed in the dignity of man, and activity above contemplation.

8. Who was executed in 1535 for failing to take the Oath of Supremacy?

Answer: Thomas More

The Oath was required by the Succession Act. It repudiated the Pope and recognized the legitimacy of the marriage and children of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

9. Who led the Spanish expedition which was the first successful circumnavigation of the world?

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan never returned home, as he was killed in a local war on Mactan Island in 1521.

10. Who did Henry VIII marry in 1536?

Answer: Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour was his third wife and mother of King Edward VI of England. She died shortly after the birth of her son.

Source: Author spyro

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