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World history quiz for grade 8: The Reformation

This quiz helps revise “The Reformation” in World history for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: Origins of Reform, Luther and Germany, Swiss Reformation, England Breaks Away, Catholic Response. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 13–14
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The Reformation

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Origins of Reform

  1. 100

    What was the church grant whose sale Luther criticized?

  2. 200

    In what year did Luther publish the Ninety-five Theses, a symbolic starting point of the Reformation?

  3. 300

    Who is this Mainz…

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  4. 400

    Who is this Dutch…

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  5. 500

    Who is this Bohemian…

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Luther and Germany

  1. 100Picture for the question

    At which pictured imperial assembly in 1521 was Luther ordered to recant his writings?

  2. 200

    Into what language did Luther translate the New Testament for publication in 1522?

  3. 300

    In which castle was…

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  4. 400

    Which Latin phrase states…

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  5. 500

    What 1555 settlement let…

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Swiss Reformation

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Who is this French-born theologian who became the leading reformer in Geneva?

  2. 200

    Which Swiss city became a reform center after preaching at the Grossmünster?

  3. 300

    Who is this Swiss…

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  4. 400

    What doctrine teaches that…

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  5. 500

    What body of pastors…

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England Breaks Away

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which pictured English king broke the English church's obedience to Rome in the 1530s?

  2. 200

    What 1534 law declared the English monarch Supreme Head of the Church of England?

  3. 300

    Which religious houses did…

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  4. 400

    What 1549 book standardized…

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  5. 500

    Which queen’s 1559 settlement…

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Catholic Response

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which council, shown here, met from 1545 to 1563 to define Catholic doctrine and reform church discipline?

  2. 200

    Which Catholic order, approved in 1540, became noted for education and missions?

  3. 300

    Who is this former…

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  4. 400

    What schools for training…

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  5. 500

    What official list named…

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